Crime & Rehabilitation Methods

contemporary crime statistics are alarming. In this regard,

statistics show that in the United States some form of crime is

committed once every three seconds with violent crimes occurring

once every 24 seconds. Such statistics highlight the need to

determine the factors producing crime and to identify effective

rehabilitation strategies. The purpose of this paper is to

articulate a particular etiological model of crime (cognitive

behavioral theory) and to discuss effective rehabilitation

strategies that have been developed based on this model,

emphasizing "citizenship building" strategies sometimes referred

What factors produce criminal behavior? Several theoretical models have been developed to explain this behavior. For example, psychoanalytic theory holds that criminal behavior arises from

difficulties in attachment to others that occurred during the

criminalÆs infancy and childhood interaction with his parents

(Van Voorhis, Brashwell & Morrow, 1997). Other theorists hold

that it is the psychosocial environment of the criminal that produces the behavior, e.g. poverty, poor parenting, exposure to

criminal collectives, and various other psychosocial risk

However, Antonowicz and Ross (1994) report that one theoretical view that has gained increasing prominence in the 

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to look at the big picture of their lives, to help them move up and out of their current swamp of anger, despair and denial onto higher ground that offers more sunshine, hope and happiness. At a more behavioral level, another cognitivebehavioral form of rehabilitation is relapse prevention training. This training tends to specifically focus on substance abuse. It is geared to preparing the offender to avoid circumstances, behaviors, and thought processes that will lead to drug use once again. Several characteristics associated with cognitivebehavioral therapy in the prison setting have been discussed by Robinson (1998). In this regard, Robinson states that, in general, this approach to the rehabilitation of inmates: a) is based on scientific learning principles; b) focuses on changing how a client thinks and acts with the emphasis being placed on beliefs and behavior rather than feelings; c) utilizes interventions directly related to the clientÆs difficulties and problems; d) deals with the clientsÆ actual behavior and problems rather than looking for other symptoms; e) uses a systematic, prescribed sequence of interventions, administered in a prescribed manner, at a prescribed time, and in a prescribed order; and f) is successf
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