| Cognitive Self Change: How Offenders Experience the World and What We Can Do about It Contributor(s): Bush, Jack (Author), Harris, Daryl M. (Author), Parker, Richard J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0470974818 ISBN-13: 9780470974810 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $57.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Forensic Psychology |
| Dewey: 364.3 |
| LCCN: 2016014404 |
| Series: Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.6" W x 9.5" (0.85 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book draws on the latest literature to highlight a fundamental challenge in offender rehabilitation; it questions the ability of contemporary approaches to address this challenge, and proposes an alternative strategy of criminal justice that integrates control, opportunity, and autonomy. - Provides an up to date review of the links between cognition and criminal behavior, as well as treatment and rehabilitation - Engages directly with the antisocial underpinnings of criminal behavior, a major impediment to treatment and rehabilitation - Outlines a clear strategy for communicating with offenders which is firmly rooted in the "What Works" literature, is evidence-based, and provides a way of engaging even the most antisocial of offenders by presenting them with meaningful opportunities to change - Offers hands-on instructions based upon the real-life tactics and presentation of the high-risk offender |