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Tehnici cognitiv-comportamentale în reabilitarea infractorilor
Cognitive-Behavioral Techniques in the Rehabilitation of Offenders

Author(s): Gabriel Oancea, Doina Ştefana Săucan, Mihai Ioan Micle
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: POLIROM & Universitatea Bucureşti - Dept. de Sociologie şi Asistenţă Socială
Keywords: Nothingworks; whatworks; cognitive-behavioral; rehabilitation; Romanian probation system

Summary/Abstract: Introduction of cognitive-behavioral approaches in the practice of correctional services has opened new perspectives for the rehabilitation of offender’s process. After several decades of stagnation, when under the impact of nothing works movement the ideal of rehabilitation has been placed on the background, a series of research would demonstrate that cognitive-behavioral interventions may have results in efforts focused on the rehabilitation of persons who break the law criminal. This article discusses both the context that characterized the emergence of movement What works, the main features of social reintegration approach based on structured programs working with offenders, and steps taken to include them in the practice of probation services in Romania.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 49-57
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian