ABSTRACT
In the last chapter we considered an influential psychological paradigm – cognitive behaviourism (CB) – that offers a powerful explanatory account of learning and change. Strong claims were found to have been made for the effectiveness of programmes, based on CB principles, which helped offenders to ‘unlearn’ entrenched anti-social patterns of thought and behaviour and, by imparting new skills and teaching different possibilities, broadened their range of choice. We met the claim that programmes based on the principles of risk, need and responsivity (RNR) were most effective in reducing reoffending. The chapter ended with some initial thoughts about motivation.
