Inmates' Narratives and Discursive Discipline in Prison: Rewriting Personal Histories Through Cognitive Behavioral Programs

by Jennifer A. Schlosser

Book Overview

The question of 'what works' in offender treatment has dominated the field of prisoner re-entry and recidivism research for the last thirty years. One of the primary ways the criminal justice system tries to reduce the rates of recidivism among offenders is through the use of cognitive behavioural programs (CBP) as in-prison intervention strategies. The emphasis for these programs is on the idea that inmates are in prison because they made poor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138065897
• ISBN13: 9781138065895
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"