
Acting Out
Maladaptive Behavior in Confinement
American Psychological Association (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-55798-880-5 (ISBN)
Description
This volume examines the prison careers of the most problematic group of inmates - those who appear to sabotage their own rehabilitation by repeated displays of violence, disruptiveness or otherwise self-defeating behaviour. A particular challenge with these prisoners is determining the extent to which their problem behaviour is a result of mental illness, as opposed to purely ""characterological"" defects. Clearly these two alternatives demand different kinds of responses by prison staff, yet they are often hard to disentangle. The book uses disciplinary records and mental health exams to reconstruct the careers of chronic offenders.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
ISBN-13
978-1-55798-880-5 (9781557988805)
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Content
Studying the Maladaptive Behaviour in Confinement; Data Collection and Analysis; Patterns of Prison Misbehaviour; Patterns of Pathology; Distrubed-Disruptive Patterns; A Taxonomy of Maladaptation; Gratifying Impulses; Enhancing Esteem; Pursuing Autonomy; Seeking Refuge; Maintaining Sanity; Distributions of Patterns; Success Stories; Conclusions; The Prison Careers of Mentally Ill Women; Building Coping Competence.