The Development and Evaluation of a Life Skills Programme for Young Adult Offenders

The purpose of this research project was to develop, implement, and evaluate a Life Skills programme for young adult male long-term offenders with the aim of improving their life skills that, in turn, could enable them to adjust more effectively in the correctional environment. Experimental research...

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Authors: Jordaan, Jacques (Author) ; Beukes, Roelf B. I. (Author) ; Esterhuyse, Karel G. F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 62, Issue: 10, Pages: 3077-3096
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Life skills
Programme development
Young adult offenders
Maximum-security correctional centre
Problem solving
Decision making
Anger management
Coping with emotions
Solomon four-group design
Chess
Aggressionsbewältigung
Hochsicherheitsgefängnis
Junge Strafgefangene
Jugendliche Strafgefangene