Motivating Offenders to Change
A Guide to Enhancing Engagement in Therapy

Mary McMurran (Edited by)

9780471497554, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 3 July 2002

288 pages
24.1 x 17.1 x 2 cm, 0.454 kg

"...offers authoritative and critical information through which forensic clinical practice can develop." (Social Psychological Review, October 2003)

"...extremely informative..." (Vista Vol 10, 2005)

Das bislang einzige Buch auf dem Markt, das sich mit der Motivation von Straftätern in therapeutischen Programmen beschäftigt.

"Motivating Offenders to Change" ist ein unverzichtbares Nachschlagewerk für die forensische Praxis.

Der Band gehört zur bekannten Wiley-Reihe 'Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology'.

Geschrieben von Spitzenexperten aus der klinischen und forensischen Praxis und von Forschern, die sich mit der Rehabilitation von Straftätern beschäftigen.

Understanding motivation to change

Motivation to change: Selection criterion or treatment need? (McMurran)

What is motivation to change? A scientific analysis (Viets et al)

Stages of change in therapy with offenders (Jones)

Motivational enhancement in practice

Enhamcing motivation of offenders at each stage of change and phase of therapy (Prochaska and Levesque)

Building and nurturing a therapeutic alliance with offenders (Cordess)

Motivational interviewing with offenders (Mann et al)

Motivating offenders to change through participatory theatre (Thompson)
Maintaining motivation for change using resources available in an offender's natural environment (Walters)

Special issues
Ethical issues in motivating offenders to change (Blackburn)

Motivation for what? Effective programmes for motivated offenders (McGuire)

Owning your own data: The Management of denial (Laws)

Motivating the unmotivated: Psychopathy, Treatment and Change (Hemphill and Hart)

Motivating Mentally Disordered Offenders (Hodge and Renwick)

Does punishment motivate offenders to change? (Hollin)

Future Directions (Mary McMurran)

Subject Areas: Psychology [JM]