A brief motivational interviewing intervention with prisoners: When you lead a horse to water, can it drink for itself?

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 689-710

  Anstiss, Brendan ^a   Polaschek, Devon L L ^b   Wilson, Marc ^b  

^a Department of Corrections ^*  (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Criminogenic programmes; Motivation; Motivational interviewing; Prisoner rehabilitation; Stages of change; Transtheoretical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052531058     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160903524325     Document Type: Article

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