333 CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR, Vol. 39 No. 3, March 2012 333-344 DOI: 10.1177/0093854811433759 © 2012 International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology AUTHORS’ NOTE: Bryn Williams is now at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, UK. The research was supported by the National Offender Management Service Cymru (Wales). Our thanks to Samantha James, Karen Grove, Gemma Worgan, and staff of NOMS Cymru. All correspondence should be addressed to Nicola Bowes, Psychology Department, School of Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff CF5 2YB, UK; email: nbowes@cardiffmet.ac.uk. TREATING ALCOHOL-RELATED VIOLENCE Intermediate Outcomes in a Feasibility Study for a Randomized Controlled Trial in Prisons NICOLA BOWES Cardiff Metropolitan University MARY MCMURRAN University of Nottingham BRYN WILLIAMS Cardiff Metropolitan University SIRIOL DAVID INGRID ZAMMIT National Offender Management Service Cymru There is a lack of outcome evidence for alcohol interventions for offenders whose crime is alcohol related. In this study, the authors report the intermediate outcomes of a feasibility study for a randomized controlled trial of an alcohol-related violence intervention. Control of Violence for Angry Impulsive Drinkers (COVAID) was tested with sentenced prisoners in the United Kingdom. Participants were 115 adult men who were randomly allocated to COVAID or treatment as usual. Measures were the Alcohol-Related Aggression Questionnaire (ARAQ), the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-2), the Eysenck Impulsivity, Venturesome, and Empathy Scale (IVE), and the Controlled Drinking Self-Efficacy Scale (CDSES). After the intervention, participants allocated to COVAID reported significantly greater improvement on the ARAQ Alcohol-Aggression subscale and all CDSES subscales. No significant differences were obtained for the STAXI-2 or the IVE. COVAID may have the potential to fill a gap in treatment provision for offenders whose crimes of violence are alcohol related. Keywords: alcohol; violence; treatment; prisoners; COVAID; randomized controlled trial A lcohol-related violence is an issue of major concern to society. Around half of all crimes of violence are related to alcohol (Flatley, Kershaw, Smith, Chaplin, & Moon, 2010), and it is estimated that alcohol-related crime costs the economy of England and Wales £7.3 billion each year (Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, 2004). Despite this knowl- edge, alcohol interventions for offenders are seriously underprovided and underdeveloped. Recent reports on alcohol services in U.K. prison and probation services present a picture of significant lack of provision (Fitzpatrick & Thorne, 2010; HM Inspectorate of Prisons, 2010; McSweeney, Webster, Turnbull, & Duffy, 2009). In addition, both of these reports comment on the lack of evidence-based alcohol interventions for offenders whose criminal behavior is related to their use of alcohol. A recent rapid evidence assessment of interventions at Cardiff University on February 10, 2016 cjb.sagepub.com Downloaded from