Helping Delinquents Change: A Treatment Manual of Social Learning Approaches

Abstract

Contents Preface * Acknowledgments * Understanding Delinquency: A Behavioral Analysis * Understanding Nondelinquents: The Forgotten Majority * Evaluation: Assessing the Behavior of Delinquents * Social Learning Principles: Learning and Unlearning Delinquent Behavior * Institution Programs: Social Learning in Juvenile Corrections * Behavioral Family Contracting: Helping Families Change * Social Skills Training: Teaching Behaviors Incompatible With Crime * Probation Programs: Contracting to Stay Out of Trouble * School Programs: Staying in School and Learning to Learn * Clinical Behavior Therapy: Office-Based Approaches * Occupational Skills Training: Finding a Job and Learning to Work * Group Treatment Homes: Learning to Live in the Community * Community Programs and Prevention: The Ultimate Answer? * References * Subject Index * Name Index Out of Trouble * School Programs: Staying in School and Learning to Learn * Clinical Behavior Therapy: Office-Based Approaches * Occupational Skills Training: Finding a Job and Learning to Work * Group Treatment Homes: Learning to Live in the Community * Community Programs and Prevention: The Ultimate Answer? * References * Subject Index * Name Index