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Moving from Correctional Program to Correctional Strategy: Using Proven Practices to Change Criminal Behavior
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Moving from Correctional Program to Correctional Strategy: Using Proven Practices to Change Criminal Behavior
Publication year:
2001
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Strategies to affect offender behavioral change are discussed. Sections of this paper address: attributes associated with criminal behaviors and recidivism; What Works -- common characteristics; practices associated with effective intervention; criminal thinking -- understanding the logic and rewards; cognitive behavioral intervention -- targeting offender behavior; models of social learning; cognitive programs; programs that incorporate the principle of responsivity; programs that incorporate relapse prevention strategies; sanctions and treatment -- accountability and change; evidence based program structure -- the cognitive community; 12-step (twelve-step) programs and criminal justice treatment; staff as community members and agents of change; organizational and community issues; and therapeutic integrity -- maximizing results.