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Potter, Granville Bud; Gibbs, John C.; Robbins, Molly; Langdon, Peter E. - Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral Program for Offenders - 9783319354811 - V9783319354811
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Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral Program for Offenders

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Description for Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral Program for Offenders Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKVQ1; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
This book presents Responsible Adult Culture (RAC), a truly comprehensive program for helping offenders to think and act responsibly. It provides the tools of the program with great clarity. In addition to exploring the needs of all offenders, the book addresses the special needs of both female and dual-diagnosis offenders. Responsible thinking means habitually seeing others and situations accurately, rather than in self-serving and egocentrically distorted ways. Because self-centered thinking is typically reinforced by negative group norms, RAC starts with the cultivation of a constructive climate (“mutual help” groups) to motivate change. Motivated group members then gain tools for responsible ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319354811
SKU
V9783319354811
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About Potter, Granville Bud; Gibbs, John C.; Robbins, Molly; Langdon, Peter E.
Granville Bud Potter (M.Ed., Bowling Green State University, 1975) has extensive administrator and practitioner experience in corrections and is a co-author of The EQUIP Program (and first author of The EQUIP Implementation Guide).  For 12 years, he was Executive Director of the Franklin County (Ohio) Community-Based Correction Facility. While serving in this capacity, he successfully adapted the EQUIP program into ... Read more

Reviews for Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral Program for Offenders
“One of the most impressive of the moral development interventions that I have encountered . . . A moral education miracle. I believe that this book represents the best approach to corrections available.  The authors genuinely care for and respect adult offenders. . . . They appeal to the staff’s intelligence and good will without indulging in the jargon that ... Read more

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