This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the relationship between psychology, moral reasoning theory and offending behaviour. It sets out the theory and research which has been carried out in the field, and examines the ways in which this knowledge has been used in practice to inform treatment programmes for offenders. This book pays particular attention to Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning, providing a link between this theory and developmental psychology, along with a review of more recent critiques of this theory and an analysis of the difficulties of accurately assessing moral reasoning. The book goes on to assess moral reasoning as an explanation of offending behaviour, looking at how moral reasoning interacts with child rearing and family factors, social factors and social cognition. Offending is therefore presented as a complex phenomenon caused by an interaction of variables that are internal and external to the individual. The book concludes with a consideration of how knowledge and research in the area of moral reasoning and offending has been used in practice to inform treatment programmes for offenders, looking at a variety of different settings (prison, residential settings, and in the community).
Covering must-know theory and packed with practical exercises that work, this is an indispensable resource for probation workers and related professionals.
The book provides a critical reference text for practitioners, students and researchers interested in devising the most effective means of addressing offending behaviour.
What can be done to help people escape their criminal lifestyles? This book aims to review and analyse the different ways in which these questions are addressed in practice, drawing upon the expertise of academics and practitioners.
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This comorbid diagnostic group also seem to have higher occurrences of behavioural problems at school, contact with mental health services, substance abuse and suicidal behaviour (MacDonald and Achenbach 1999).
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The book includes tips, focused exercises and case studies that the author and many other professionals have found to be effective in daily practice.
The area differences could reflect different habits of thought between areas or real variations in the prevalence of different types of offending among young people in contact with the probation service. The first possibility loses some ...
Forensic Case Histories: Understanding Serious Offending Behaviour in Men examines men’s violent and sexual offending behaviours, outlined through a series of real offender narratives, from a psychological perspective and in an accessible ...
This book aims to make further progress in this area. By exploring the participants' motives, opportunities and morality, this book will make a key contribution to exploring white-collar crime offenders' perspectives of their crimes.