Motivating offenders to change [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to enhancing engagement in therapy / / edited by Mary McMurran

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910144681103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester ; ; New York, : Wiley, 2002
• ISBN: 1-280-27009-8; 9786610270095; 0-470-85470-7; 0-470-71347-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Collana: Wiley series in forensic clinical psychology
• Altri autori (Persone): McMurranMary
• Disciplina: 364.68
• Soggetti: Correctional psychology - Great Britain; Alternatives to imprisonment - Great Britain; Prisoners - Great Britain - Psychology; Criminals - Rehabilitation - Great Britain; Forensic psychology - Great Britain; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: MOTIVATING OFFENDERS TO CHANGE; CONTENTS; About the Editor; List of Contributors; Series Editors' preface; Preface; PART I UNDERSTANDING MOTIVATION TO CHANGE; 1. Motivation to change: selection criterion or treatment need?; 2. What is motivation to change? A scientific analysis; 3. An individual case formulation approach to the assessment of motivation; PART II MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT IN PRACTICE; 4. Enhancing motivation of offenders at each stage of change and phase of therapy; 5. Building and nurturing a therapeutic alliance with offenders; 6. Motivational interviewing with offenders; 7. Motivating offenders to change through participatory theatre8. Maintaining motivation for change using resources available in an offender's natural environment; PART III SPECIAL ISSUES; 9. Ethical issues in motivating offenders to change; 10. Motivation for what? Effective programmes for motivated offenders; 11. Owning your own data: the management of denial; 12. Motivating the unmotivated: ; psychopathy, treatment, and change; 13. Motivating mentally disordered offenders; 14. Does punishment motivate offenders to change?; 15. Future directions; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>*