Cognitive Self Change - Authority, Opportunity and Choice in Offender Rehabilitation

Informationen zum Autor JACK BUSH is the author of several correctional treatment programs, including Thinking for a Change (with Juliana Taymans and Barry Glick, National Institute of Corrections, 1997) and Decision Points (with Juliana Taymans, Charles Robinson, and Steve Swisher, 2014). He has developed and delivered Cognitive Self Change in several jurisdictions in America, the UK, Europe, and Australia. DARYL M. HARRIS has worked with offenders within secure and community criminal justice and mental health systems. He has co-authored, managed, and delivered a range of accredited interventions. This has included supporting the implementation and delivery of Cognitive Self Change in Australia and the UK. Daryl is currently employed as a Clinical Psychologist by the Department of Forensic Psychiatry within the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Wales; and is the Clinical Lead for the Wales Offender Personality Disorder Pathway. RICHARD J. PARKER has worked with a range of jurisdictions in Australia with a wide range of offenders, including both adults and juveniles. He introduced Cognitive Self Change to Australia and has designed and implemented programs for sexual offenders, violent offenders, and substance abusers. Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ix Acknowledgements xi Introduction 1 Understanding Offending Behavior 1 Hard?-Core 5 Cognitive Self Change 9 A Human Connection 12 Phenomenology and Self?]reports: Some Preliminary Comments about Method 14 Summary of Chapters 16 1 The Idea of Criminal Thinking 25 Ellis, Beck, and Antisocial Schemas 33 Psychopathology or Irresponsibility 39 An Alternative Point of View 44 2 Offenders Speak their Minds 48 Seven Male Offenders 49 Three Young Women 58 Three Violent Mental Health Patients 62 Two Problematic Groups 64 Three British Gang Members 72 Conclusions and Interpretations 75 3 Cognitive-Emotional-Motivational Structure 78 The Idea of Conscious Agency: a Likely Story 79 Will and Volition, Self and Self?]interest 82 The Model 85 Basic Outlaw Logic: Learning the Rewards of Criminal Thinking 89 Variations of Criminal Thinking 92 Conclusions and Implications 94 4 Supportive Authority and the Strategy of Choices 97 The Problem of Engagement 97 Conditions of Communication and Engagement 99 Supportive Authority 102 Rethinking Correctional Treatment 109 The Strategy of Choices 109 Final Comments 115 5 Cognitive Self Chan...

List of contents

Preface ix
 
Acknowledgements xi
 
Introduction 1
 
Understanding Offending Behavior 1
 
Hard?-Core 5
 
Cognitive Self Change 9
 
A Human Connection 12
 
Phenomenology and Self?]reports: Some Preliminary Comments about Method 14
 
Summary of Chapters 16
 
1 The Idea of Criminal Thinking 25
 
Ellis, Beck, and Antisocial Schemas 33
 
Psychopathology or Irresponsibility 39
 
An Alternative Point of View 44
 
2 Offenders Speak their Minds 48
 
Seven Male Offenders 49
 
Three Young Women 58
 
Three Violent Mental Health Patients 62
 
Two Problematic Groups 64
 
Three British Gang Members 72
 
Conclusions and Interpretations 75
 
3 Cognitive-Emotional-Motivational Structure 78
 
The Idea of Conscious Agency: a Likely Story 79
 
Will and Volition, Self and Self?]interest 82
 
The Model 85
 
Basic Outlaw Logic: Learning the Rewards of Criminal Thinking 89
 
Variations of Criminal Thinking 92
 
Conclusions and Implications 94
 
4 Supportive Authority and the Strategy of Choices 97
 
The Problem of Engagement 97
 
Conditions of Communication and Engagement 99
 
Supportive Authority 102
 
Rethinking Correctional Treatment 109
 
The Strategy of Choices 109
 
Final Comments 115
 
5 Cognitive Self Change 118
 
Four Basic Steps 121
 
Collaboration and the Strategy of Choices 139
 
Brief Notes on Program Delivery: Group Size, Duration and Intensity, Facilitator Qualifications and Training 141
 
6 Extended Applications of Supportive Authority 145
 
Why Offenders Need Help 145
 
Not Either/Or: Some Promising Examples 146
 
The System as the Intervention: Some Recent Examples 152
 
Supportive Authority, Revisited 157
 
An Idealistic Proposal (with modest expectations) 159
 
7 How We Know: Some Observations about Evidence 162
 
Introduction 162
 
Cognitive Self Change 164
 
The Significance of Subjectivity 165
 
Science and Subjectivity 169
 
Bibliography 175
 
Index 183

Product details

• Authors: Jack Bush, Jack Harris Bush, Bush Jack, Daryl M Harris, Daryl M. Harris, David M. Harris, Harris Daryl M., Richard J Parker, Richard J. Parker, Richard J. (Griffith University) Parker
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.01.2013
• EAN: 9780470974810
• ISBN: 978-0-470-97481-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Psychologie, forensische Psychologie, Psychology, forensic psychology