By clarifying how people perceive and interpret the actions of others, make decisions about how to respond, and view the morality of their behaviour, we gain access to the thinking processes that can lead to antisocial behaviour. Interventions based on empirical evidence about social problem solving are likely to be the most effective in assisting individuals to live more successful, pro-social lives.
Written by eminent international academics and practitioners, "Social Problem Solving and Offending" is the first text to draw together research in this field. These scholarly contributions...
By clarifying how people perceive and interpret the actions of others, make decisions about how to respond, and view the morality of their behaviour, ...
Criminal behaviour continues to be a matter of major public concern. How society should respond to it and what should be done with those who repeatedly offend remain hotly disputed topics of conversation.
Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment draws together internationally renowned experts from the United Kingdom, Europe, North America and Australia. Chapters summarise some of the most recent and exciting developments in this field and offer a systematic, knowledge-based approach to the effective reduction of criminal behaviour. * Offers coverage of a wide range of key...
Criminal behaviour continues to be a matter of major public concern. How society should respond to it and what should be done with those who repeatedl...
New for the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Approaches to the Treatment of Sexual Offenders describes and evaluates the current methods of measuring sexual interest in sex offenders - namely penile plethysmography, the Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest, Affinity 2.1, the Implicit Association Test, the Stroop test and the polygraph. The book also discusses how established cognitive assessment methods such as the attentional blink and the startle probe reflex can be adapted for use with sex offenders. It therefore brings together in one volume all the latest research...
New for the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Approaches to the Treatment of Sexual Offenders describes and evaluates the curren...
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...
This book draws on the latest literature to highlight a fundamental challenge in offender rehabilitation; it questions the ability of contemporary ...
