Professionals’ attitudes towards the importance of core principles for the mental health treatment of offenders in correctional facilities

The efficacy of offender therapy depends on professionals’ sharing common attitudes regarding basic principles of offender treatment. Research in this area is lacking. This study explored attitudes of 264 professionals involved in or collaborating with the largest correctional system in Switzerland....

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1. VerfasserIn: Noll, Thomas 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Borchard, Bernd ; Rosseger, Astrid ; Endrass, Jérôme 1970- ; Habermeyer, Elmar 1967- ; Gonçalves, Leonel C.
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2020
In: The prison journal
Jahr: 2020, Band: 100, Heft: 5, Seiten: 603-616
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Offender therapy
Attitudes
Beliefs
Behavior
Efficacy of treatment
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Zusammenfassung:The efficacy of offender therapy depends on professionals’ sharing common attitudes regarding basic principles of offender treatment. Research in this area is lacking. This study explored attitudes of 264 professionals involved in or collaborating with the largest correctional system in Switzerland. The very encouraging findings are that the core ideas and general principles have been assimilated due to the long-lasting collaboration between professionals and institutions, as well as the alignment of standardized methods of intervention.
ISSN:1552-7522
DOI:10.1177/0032885520956371