(Mobile book) Desistance from Sex Offending: Alternatives to Throwing Away the Keys
| #2617631 in Books | 2010-09-29 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x1.20 x6.00l,1.25 | File Name: 160623935X | 306 pages
||28 of 30 people found the following review helpful.| Groundbreaking|By Karen Franklin|Eminent scholars D. Richard Laws and Tony Ward have taken on a huge task. They hope to bring mainstream criminological theories about crime desistance to an insular, risk-obsessed fringe of forensic psychology that has remained remarkably uninterested in the fact that offenders almost universally desist from crime, or the process through whic||
"The term 'sex offender' has become a demonizing pejorative, depriving those who have been so labeled of even a modicum of humanity. While fully appreciating the importance of maintaining public safety, Laws and Ward rightfully and courageously remind us
This book offers a fresh perspective on treating a population that is often demonized by policymakers, the public, and even clinicians. The authors argue that most sex offenders are "people like us," with the potential to lead meaningful, law-abiding lives—if given a chance and appropriate support. They describe an empirically and theoretically grounded rehabilitation approach, the Good Lives Model, which can be integrated with the assessment and intervent...
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