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Motivating Offenders to Change
Mcmurran
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Description for Motivating Offenders to Change
Paperback. Written by some of the top clinical and forensic practitioners and researchers in offender rehabilitation, this is the first book to tackle the subject of motivating offenders in therapeutic programs and as such, will prove an invaluable resource for forensic practitioners and those in the fields of social work and probation. Editor(s): McMurran, Mary. Series: Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology. Num Pages: 282 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JKVC; JKVP; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 486.
There is increasing pressure, soon to be legislation, for particular offenders to be given a choice of psychological treatment or imprisonment, even if treatment must sometimes be within special prison hospitals or units for offenders. The key issue will be motivating offenders to commit themselves to treatment, and to maintain their motivation trough the therapeutic programme and thereafter, on release. This is the first book to tackle the subject of motivating offenders in therapeutic programmes and as such, will prove an invaluable resource for forensic practitioners. Written by some of the top clinical and forensic practitioners and researchers ... Read more
There is increasing pressure, soon to be legislation, for particular offenders to be given a choice of psychological treatment or imprisonment, even if treatment must sometimes be within special prison hospitals or units for offenders. The key issue will be motivating offenders to commit themselves to treatment, and to maintain their motivation trough the therapeutic programme and thereafter, on release. This is the first book to tackle the subject of motivating offenders in therapeutic programmes and as such, will prove an invaluable resource for forensic practitioners. Written by some of the top clinical and forensic practitioners and researchers ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology
Condition
New
Weight
485g
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Chichester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780471497554
SKU
V9780471497554
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99-50
About Mcmurran
Dr. Mary McMuran is Senior Baxter Research Fellow in the School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK, and is funded by the Department of Health's National Programme for Forensic Mental Health Research and Development. She is both a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and a Chartered Forensic Psychologist, and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She has worked with offenders in ... Read more
Reviews for Motivating Offenders to Change
...offers authoritative and critical information through which forensic clinical practice can develop. (Social Psychological Review, October 2003) ...extremely informative... (Vista Vol 10, 2005)