Title: Motivational Interviewing with Offenders
Description: From experts on working with court-mandated populations, this book shows how motivational interviewing (MI) can help offenders move beyond resistance or superficial compliance and achieve meaningful behavior change. Using this evidence-based approach promotes successful rehabilitation and reentry by drawing on clients' values, goals, and strengths - not simply telling them what to do. The authors clearly describe the core techniques of MI and bring them to life with examples and sample dialogues from a range of criminal justice and forensic settings. Of crucial importance, the book addresses MI implementation in real-world offender service systems, including practical strategies for overcoming obstacles. -- from back cover.
Subjects: Criminals, rehabilitation, Criminals, counseling of, Motivation (psychology), Social work with sex offenders, Motivational interviewing, Sex offenders, Rehabilitation, Counseling of, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Penology