Motivating Offenders to Change A Guide to Enhancing Engagement in Therapy

by McMurran, Mary

• ISBN13: 9780470713471
• ISBN10: 047071347X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-05-09
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

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.

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.

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.

* Written by some of the top clinical and forensic practitioners and researchers in offender rehabilitation

* There is a real demand for a book on this subject as a result of changes in criminal justice policy and in mental health provision

Part of the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology

Table of Contents

About the Editor.

List of Contributors.

Series Editors' Preface.

Preface.

PART I. UNDERSTANDING MOTIVATION TO CHANGE

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

What is motivation to change? A scientific analysis (V.L. Viets, et al.)

An individual case formulation approach to the assessment of motivation (L. Jones)

PART II. MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT IN PRACTICE

Enhancing motivation of offenders at each stage of change and phase of therapy (J.O. Prochaska and D.A. Levesque)

Building and nurturing a therapeutic alliance with offenders (C. Cordess)

Motivational interviewing with offenders (R.E. Mann, et al.)

Motivating offenders to change through participatory theatre (J. Thompson)

Maintaining motivation for change using resources available in an offender's natural environment (G.D. Walters)

PART III. SPECIAL ISSUES

Ethical issues in motivating offenders to change (R. Blackburn)

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

Owning your own data: The management of denial (D.R. Laws)

Motivating the unmotivated: Psychopathy, treatment and change (J.F. Hemphill and S.D. Hart)

Motivating mentally disordered offenders (J.E. Hodge and S.J. Renwick)

Does punishment motivate offenders to change? (C.R. Hollin)

Future directions (M. McMurran)