Successful rehabilitation from intervention programs
Most assessments of rehabilitation programs regard recidivism as an important measure of success. Rehabilitation is also concerned with reintegration, which encompasses a range of indicators such as whether an offender is engaged in employment, continuing their education, is drug-free and building meaningful relations with family and/or their spouse, and disengaging from criminal associates. Rehabilitation is concerned with ensuring an offender has the capacity and motivation to engage meaningfully in mainstream society.
Outcomes
Disengagement
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Individuals formally assessed as being violent extremists, and who may be the subjects of criminal charges, are rehabilitated
Programs targeting convicted terrorists or radicalised offenders should aim to rehabilitate and reintegrate this cohort. Services can be provided in custody and in the community. Programs may be CVE-specific and non-CVE specific. Willing participation in intervention programs is essential to their success, with rehabilitation and reintegration encompassing a number of measures.
Ways to measure
See the Countering Violence Extremism Evaluation Indicator Document [Pp 102-107] for practical suggestions on ways to measure such as survey instruments, example questions and using administrative data.
- Attitudes towards Islamic extremism scale
- Violent intention scale
- Support for right-wing extremism scale
- Violent Extremism Risk Assessment – Version 2 (VERA-2)
- Interviews and focus groups