Evaluating shame transformation in group treatment of domestic violence offenders

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 517-536

  Loeffler, Christopher H ^a   Prelog, Andrew J ^b   Prabha Unnithan, N ^b   Pogrebin, Mark R ^c  

^a Odyssey Counseling   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

offenders; shame transformation; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL LAW; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GROUP THERAPY; GUILT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRISONER; PSYCHODRAMA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CRIMINAL LAW; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTIONS; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRISONERS; PSYCHODRAMA; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RECURRENCE; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 77955142504     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X09337592     Document Type: Article

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