Prosocial Support Networks' Influence on Offender Reintegration: Recommendations for Treatment Providers

Kasey Odell

Date of Award

6-22-2015

Document Type

Undergraduate Capstone Project

Degree Name

Psy.D.

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Shelly Smith-Acuña

Second Advisor

Lavita Nadkarni

Third Advisor

Christopher Morley

Abstract

This paper will cover the relevant research regarding offender rehabilitation and review interpersonal, i ntrapersonal , and external factors contributing to criminal recidi vism. Several treatment models utilized in offender reintegration treatment are discussed including cognitive behavioral approaches, social learning theories, and relapse prevention strategies. As explored in this paper, these approaches are believed to be missing two key elements: an emphasis on prosocial support networks and the ability of the therapeutic relationship to create these prosocial networks. Clinical case examp les are presented to demonstrate the role of the therapeutic relationship in encouraging, modeling, and establishing prosocial support networks to bolster successful offender reintegration.

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.

This document is currently not available here.



Share

COinS