Description
Book SynopsisHelping Delinquents Change sets before itself a formidable task--that of removing the mystery from the understanding of delinquent behavior. Jerome Stumphauzer offers direct, useful means to work toward altering delinquent behavior. Abandoning an orientation to delinquency that focuses on punishment or medical models, Stumphauzer presents a view of delinquency that emphasizes the learning of adaptive, prosocial behavior, and provides to the youths themselves an opportunity to become engaged in selecting their own goals and methods for changing their behavior. The nondelinquent is presented as an example from whom to learn. The text is nontechnical and useful for students and practitioners alike. The book in intended expressly for those who work directly with delinquents--counselors, teachers, therapists, probation officers, those working in junvenile corrections, and for students of delinquent behavior in psychology, sociology, criminology, and education. Tables, diagrams, references,
Table of ContentsContents
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
