R U listenin? : helping defiant men to recognize their true potential / Terry Bianchini.

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Bianchini, Terry

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (159 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781846427602
1846427606
1281781894
9781281781895

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: R U listenin?.DDC classification:

364.360941 22

LOC classification:

HV1441.8.G7 B53 2008eb

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Contents:

FRONT COVER; R U Listenin'?: Helping Defiant Men to Recognize their True Potential; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: Some Prisons are Built -- Others are Created; Chapter 1: Prison Life; Chapter 2: An Accessory to the Crime; Chapter 3: Believing yourWay Out from Within; Chapter 4: Knowing your Sentence; Chapter 5: Natural Instincts; Chapter 6: Offending Behaviour; Chapter 7: Segregation; Chapter 8 Institutionalization; Chapter 9: Rehabilitation; Chapter 10: Know your Jailers; Chapter 11: The Gym; Chapter 12: Kitchens; Chapter 13: Freedom; Chapter 14: Sentence Planning.

Summary: R U Listenin' challenges men to reflect on their personal and emotional behaviour and uses prison life as an analogy to help them rethink their perspectives. Aimed at professionals working with men who are challenging the boundaries of society or any man who feels frustrated by his life, the book offers detailed illustrative case studies, structured exercises and topics for discussion, which can be used by the individual or in a group context. These features are identified in the text by pictorial icons, making the book easy to navigate. The exercises are imaginative and challenging, encouraging men to develop social and communication skills and an understanding of how the structures of society work. The author also suggests exercises and techniques for dealing with challenging groups, which are ideal for use by group facilitators. This book provides positive guidance for troubled men and is an essential tool for professionals working with young offenders and men with challenging behaviour.

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Includes bibliographical references (page 159).

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R U Listenin' challenges men to reflect on their personal and emotional behaviour and uses prison life as an analogy to help them rethink their perspectives. Aimed at professionals working with men who are challenging the boundaries of society or any man who feels frustrated by his life, the book offers detailed illustrative case studies, structured exercises and topics for discussion, which can be used by the individual or in a group context. These features are identified in the text by pictorial icons, making the book easy to navigate. The exercises are imaginative and challenging, encouraging men to develop social and communication skills and an understanding of how the structures of society work. The author also suggests exercises and techniques for dealing with challenging groups, which are ideal for use by group facilitators. This book provides positive guidance for troubled men and is an essential tool for professionals working with young offenders and men with challenging behaviour.

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