Showing papers in "Journal of Offender Rehabilitation in 1990"
TL;DR: In this paper, the connection between disordered sexuality and brain impairment was established by using newly developed techniques of neuropsychological investigation, which indicated that a major portion of the sex offenders in the sample (n = 35) showed impaired brain functioning on the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery.
Abstract: Since the turn of the century, brain impairment has been linked to the pathogenesis of sexual disorders and aberrations. More recent clinical and experimental evidence using traditional neurodiagnostic techniques has underscored the connection bewteen brain pathology and sexual deviance. However, methods traditionally used to determine brain damage are often not applied in studying sex offenders; some methods fail to detect subtle evidence of brain impairment. This study sought to establish the connection between disordered sexuality and brain impairment by using newly developed techniques of neuropsychological investigation. Results indicate that a major portion of the sex offenders in the sample (n = 35) show impaired brain functioning on the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery. Violent and non-violent manifestations of disordered sexuality were found to be satistically linked to differential deficits in brain functioning. It is concluded that personality variables alone have been unable to accoun...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss possible interactions between mental retardation and the provision of services and directions for future research are discussed, as well as data about the behavioral characteristics of mentally retarded sexual offenders.
Abstract: Data about the behavioral characteristics of mentally retarded sexual offenders are critically reviews. Possible interactions between mental retardation and the provision of services and directions for future research are discussed.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a new paradigm for criminological inquiry that transcends the field's present base of assumptions and theories, which is translated into a neo-cognitive model of crime.
Abstract: This paper presents a new paradigm for criminological inquiry that transcends the field's present base of assumptions and theories. Herein, the principles of the Psychology of Mind, POM, (Suarez and Mills, 1982; Suarez, Mills and Stewart, 1987) have been translated into a neo-cognitive model of crime. The four main principles of POM are: (1) The Principle of Thought; (2) The Principle of Separate Realities; (3) The Principle of Levels of Counsciousness; and (4) The Principle of Feelings and Emotions. These four principles or constants are shown to connect in an exact manner the variables of thought, perception, motivation, emotion, and behavior of all delinquent and criminal offenders. Furthermore, these principles clearly reveal ways to prevent and reverse the process the results in crime. Finally, evidence in support of this new perspective is reviewed, implications for crime prevention and control are discussed, programming models presented, and the possibility of a major breakthrough in criminological...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed standards of care for the treatment of adult sex offenders, primarily in (but not limited to) outpatient settings, which were presented at the International Conference on the Treatment of Sex Offenders at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine in 1989.
Abstract: This paper proposes standards of care for the treatment of adult sex offenders, primarily in (but not limited to) outpatient settings. A first draft was presented at the International Conference on the Treatment of Sex Offenders at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine in May 1989. A second draft was compiled at the Conference of the Association for the Behavioral Treatment of Sexual Abusers, with input from some sixty professionals. A third draft was circulated to a variety of professionals in the United States, Canada, and Europe in Fall 1989. The current draft is published in the Journal of Offender Rehabilitatino prior to formal presentation at the Second International Conference on the Treatment of Sex Offenders to be held at the University of Minnesota in September 1991. Readers are urged to communicate their reactions and comments to the authors.
12 citations
TL;DR: A group therapy approach used by a team of school psycahologists to treat the delinquent behavior of 82 adolescents is described in this paper, where a cooperative arrangement with the juvenile court made it possible for adjudicated delinquent youth to be referred directly to the after school sessions.
Abstract: A group therapy approach used by a team of school psycahologists to treat the delinquent behavior of 82 adolescents is described. A cooperative arrangement with the juvenile court made it possible for adjudicated delinquent youth to be referred directly to the after-school sessions. A three-person team approach was used, with each therapist having responsibility for either didactive presentation, group dynamics, or behavioral control. Over the course of six structured sessions, group members were taught to apply cognitive-behavioral constructs to both their past delinquent and present adaptive social behaviors. Role-play, modeling, and behavioral rehearsal were incorporated. Results from a one-year follow-up study found no further juvenile arrests for 59.8% of those who completed the group. Implications for practice and research are discussed.
11 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a study was conducted to compare the actual roles and functions of correctional psychologists to their perceived ideal role and functions and found that a large number of clinicians are playing other, more therapeutic and helping roles.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare the actual roles and functions of correctional psychologists to their perceived ideal roles and functions. The hypothesis was that roles and functions of correctional psychologists are predetermined, in great part, by the prevailing negative attitudes and behaviours of the institution's social organizational structure. The principal postulate of the study was simply that the theme which correctional psychologists would display would be a direct service model in support of the institution's overriding need for security and management of inmates. However, findings of the study refuted that hypothesis and further suggested that a large number of correctional psychologists are playing other, more therapeutic and helping roles. Generally, correctional psychologsts wanted to spend less time in diagnostics and program administration. They wanted, instead, to spend more time in counseling and psychotherapy, emphasizing social-personal learning while deemphasizing prison ad...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the problems experienced by these two groups, their support networks in the community, their perceived opportunities and companions (both law-abiding and law-breaking), their anticipated successes, and their attidues to the correctional programs offered to them.
Abstract: Several states are experimenting with an intermediate form of supervision, such as a house arrest program, some with and some without electronic surveillance. This research gathered extensive data from a detailed questionnaire from all inmates assigned to House Arrest (N = 156) and to all residents of a Community Treatment Center (N = 63) in a metropolitan city in the Southwest. This study, which is part of a larger ongoing study, compares the problems experienced by these two groups, their support networks in the community, their perceived opportunities and companions (both law-abiding and law-breaking), their anticipated successes, and their attidues to the correctional programs offered to them. The adjustment differentials of male versus female offenders are also discussed.
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TL;DR: In this article, a cognitive therapy model is proposed as a viable approach in treating the treatment of the incarcerated population, and case vignettes are used to illustrate the application of this approach.
Abstract: The treatment of incarcerated clients poses a unique challenge to social workers, due to the special nature of the client and the environment. A cognitive therapy model is proposed as a viable approach in treating this group. The prinicpal components and techniques of cognitive theory are reviewed. Case vignettes are used to illustrate the application of this approach. Key features of the cognitive model which relate to the treatment of an incarcerated population are delineated.
6 citations
TL;DR: Covert sensitisation and alcohol eduaction/counseling were used to eliminate drinking behaviour in two motivated clients in their early 20s, who had previously been classified as "alcoholic" by outside social work agencies.
Abstract: Covert sensitisation and alcohol eduaction/counseling, over three month periods, were used to eliminate drinking behaviour in two motivated clients in their early 20s, who had previously been classified as "alcoholic" by outside social work agencies. Both had been imprisoned for offences which on every occasion had been associated with alcohol, including burglary, theft, criminal damage, and assault. Both ahd spent several previous periods in Detention Centres, Borstals, and Youth Custody Centres. Follow-up studies over 24 months for one subject and 9 months for the other revealed only one conviction for one of the subjects, which turned out to be of a minor nature and non-alcohol-related.
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