Helping Delinquents Change: A Treatment Manual of Social Learning Approaches Contributor(s): Beker, Jerome (Author), Stumphauzer, Jerome (Author) |
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ISBN: 086656473X ISBN-13: 9780866564731 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1986 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Psychology | Mental Health |
Dewey: 364.36 |
LCCN: 86009939 |
Series: Child & Youth Services Series |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.96" W x 8.3" (0.78 lbs) 230 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Family |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Helping Delinquents Change sets before itself a formidable task--that of removing the mystery from the understanding of delinquent behavior. Jerome Stumphauzer offers direct, useful means to work toward altering delinquent behavior. Abandoning an orientation to delinquency that focuses on punishment or medical models, Stumphauzer presents a view of delinquency that emphasizes the learning of adaptive, prosocial behavior, and provides to the youths themselves an opportunity to become engaged in selecting their own goals and methods for changing their behavior. The nondelinquent is presented as an example from whom to learn. The text is nontechnical and useful for students and practitioners alike. The book in intended expressly for those who work directly with delinquents--counselors, teachers, therapists, probation officers, those working in junvenile corrections, and for students of delinquent behavior in psychology, sociology, criminology, and education. Tables, diagrams, references, and indices supplement the text. |