{"product_id":"cognitive-self-change-isbn-9780470974827","title":"Cognitive Self Change","description":"COGNITIVE SELF CHANGE \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“The consensus amongst the leading researchers in the offender treatment area is that the comprehensive and sophisticated clinical methods the authors have derived for offender treatment are unsurpassed. Indeed, they have formed the basis for what is known as the core correctional practices for reducing anti-social behavior.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaul Gendreau, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor Emeritus, University of New Brunswick\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Bush and colleagues’ phenomenologically based approach to offender rehabilitation is based explicitly on the stories they have collected from prisoners and probationers and is a welcome contribution to an academic literature that too often obfuscates the actual work involved in delivering help to the hardest to reach in the criminal justice system.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eShadd Maruna, Ph.D., \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDean of the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCognitive Self Change \u003c\/i\u003epresents a practical guide to rehabilitation based on understanding the way individual offenders experience themselves and the world around them at the moment they offend. De-incentivizing criminal behavior and replacing it with self-empowered change are the keys to upending the traditionally antagonistic relationship between criminals and those meant to help them change. The authors, with their experience of working with offenders and implementing rehabilitation programs, have drawn together clinical and academic perspectives on the treatment of high-risk offenders, analyzing current approaches to treatment and the problems encountered in their application. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCognitive Self Change \u003c\/i\u003erejects the traditional dichotomy of control versus treatment, devising instead a strategy that integrates both. Focusing on high-risk and “hard-core” offenders, not just those that are “ready to change,” they discuss why offenders offend, why they are seldom motivated to change, and why they often fail to engage in treatment. This leads to a strategy of communication that teaches offenders a set of skills they can use to change themselves, and that motivates them to do so. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding Offending Behavior 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHard‐Core 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCognitive Self Change 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Human Connection 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhenomenology and Self‐reports: Some Preliminary Comments about Method 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary of Chapters 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Idea of Criminal Thinking 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEllis, Beck, and Antisocial Schemas 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychopathology or Irresponsibility 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Alternative Point of View 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Offenders Speak their Minds 48\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeven Male Offenders 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Young Women 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Violent Mental Health Patients 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Problematic Groups 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree British Gang Members 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions and Interpretations 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Cognitive–Emotional–Motivational Structure 78\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Idea of Conscious Agency: A Likely Story 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWill and Volition, Self and Self‐interest 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Model 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBasic Outlaw Logic: Learning the Rewards of Criminal Thinking 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVariations of Criminal Thinking 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions and Implications 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Supportive Authority and the Strategy of Choices 97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Problem of Engagement 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConditions of Communication and Engagement 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSupportive Authority 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRethinking Correctional Treatment 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Strategy of Choices 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Comments 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Cognitive Self Change 118\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFour Basic Steps 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollaboration and the Strategy of Choices 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrief Notes on Program Delivery: Group Size, Duration and Intensity, Facilitator Qualifications and Training 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Extended Applications of Supportive Authority 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Offenders Need Help 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot Either\/Or: Some Promising Examples 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe System as the Intervention: Some Recent Examples 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSupportive Authority, Revisited 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Idealistic Proposal (with modest expectations) 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 How We Know: Some Observations about Evidence 162\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCognitive Self Change 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Significance of Subjectivity 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScience and Subjectivity 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 183\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJack Bush\u003c\/b\u003e has developed and delivered treatment programs for offenders since 1973. His primary focus has been on the processes and strategies of Cognitive Self Change, which he has adapted to high-risk offenders, violent offenders, substance abusers, female offenders, and domestic abusers. He is co-author of the program, \u003ci\u003eThinking For A Change\u003c\/i\u003e, published by The National Institute of Corrections (Washington D.C.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaryl M. Harris\u003c\/b\u003e is a Chartered and Registered Clinical Psychologist working with the Gwent Forensic Rehabilitation Service. He is also director of Positive Approaches to Crime and Exclusion (PACE) Ltd. This organisation has supported the implementation of Cognitive Self Change in several jurisdictions, written and supported the implementation of accredited interventions, and undertaken research into instrumental and gang violence. He has also worked with probation staff in Wales to develop an award winning approach to working with difficult to engage offenders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Parker\u003c\/b\u003e is the Program Manager for designing and implementing sex offender, violent offender and general offender programs in Juvenile Justice NSW. Prior to this he was the Principal Psychologist, Offender Intervention Programs in ACT Corrective Services. He is currently investigating the role of moral emotions in the onset and maintenance of child sexual offending.\u003c\/p\u003e Antisocial and anti-authority attitudes that lead to criminal behavior pose special challenges for treatment. Understanding how offenders think and how they experience the world is the first step to helping them change. De-incentivizing criminal behavior, and helping replace it with self-empowered change, are the keys to upending the traditionally antagonistic relationship between criminals and those meant to help them change.  \u003cp\u003e The authors, with their experience of both working with offenders and implementing rehabilitation programs, have drawn together clinical and academic perspectives on the treatment of prolific and persistent offenders, and offenders meeting the diagnostic criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder, analyzing current approaches to treatment and the problems encountered in their application.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e They focus on high-risk and the most \"hard-core\" offenders, not just those that \"are ready to change\". They discuss why offenders offend, why they are seldom motivated to change, and why they often fail to engage in treatment, leading to a strategy of communication that teaches offenders a set of skills that they can use to change themselves, and that motivates them to do so.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eCognitive Self Change\u003c\/i\u003e rejects the traditional dichotomy of control versus treatment, devising instead a strategy that integrates both.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988943519973,"sku":"NP9780470974827","price":111.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470974827.jpg?v=1761782148","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/cognitive-self-change-isbn-9780470974827","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}