| Description |
xviii, 315 pages : llustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Wiley series in forensic clinical psychology |
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Wiley series in forensic clinical psychology.
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| Contents |
1.Social Problem Solving: Basic Concepts, Research, and Applications -- 2.Social Problem Solving and the Development of Aggression -- 3.Social Problem Solving in Aggressive Children -- 4.Social Problem Solving, Personality Disorder, and Substance Abuse -- 5.Social Problem-Solving Deficits in Offenders -- 6.Problem-Solving Therapy: Theory, Practice, and Application to Sex Offenders -- 7.Social problem-solving programs for preventing antisocial behaviour in children and youth -- 8.The development of social problem-solving interventions in young offender mental health services: a focus on self-harm -- 9.The reasoning and rehabilitation program: outcome evaluations with offenders -- 10.The Think First programme -- 11.Stop & Think! Social problem-solving therapy with personality-disordered offenders -- 12.Social cognition and sex offenders -- 13.Social cognition in psychopaths: implications for offender assessment and treatment -- 14.Moral reasoning -- 15.Social problem-solving and offending: reflections and directions -- Index |
| Summary |
The evidence for social problem solving deficits being relevant to the understanding and treatment of offending behaviour has been accumulating since the 1980s. Reasoning and Rehabilitation (R & R), the first structured cognitive-behavioural treatment programme used widely with prisoners, included social problem solving as a key component and is now in use worldwide. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Criminals -- Rehabilitation.
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Correctional psychology.
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Social intelligence.
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Problem-solving therapy.
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Cognitive therapy.
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| Author |
McMurran, Mary.
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McGuire, James, 1948-
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| LC no. |
2005005165 |
| ISBN |
0470864079 |
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0470864060 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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