A Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral Program for Offenders: Responsible Adult Culture

289 Pages·2015·5.548 MB·English

by  Granville Bud Potter, John C. Gibbs, Molly Robbins, Peter E. Langdon (auth.)

Granville Bud Potter
John C. Gibbs
Molly Robbins
Peter E. Langdon
A Comprehensive
Cognitive
Behavioral Program
for Off enders
Responsible Adult Culture
A Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral
Program for Offenders

Granville Bud Potter (cid:129) John C. Gibbs
Molly Robbins (cid:129) Peter E. Langdon
A Comprehensive Cognitive
Behavioral Program
for Offenders
Responsible Adult Culture
Granville Bud Potter John C. Gibbs
Community Based Correctional Facility Department of Psychology
CBCF - Franklin County The Ohio State University
Columbus , OH , USA Columbus , OH , USA
Molly Robbins Peter E. Langdon
Community Based Correctional Facility Tizard Centre
CBCF - Franklin County University of Kent
Columbus , OH , USA Canterbury , UK
ISBN 978-3-319-17535-5 ISBN 978-3-319-17536-2 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-17536-2
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our lives and honored our efforts by growing
into responsible adulthood.

Acknowledgments
W e wish to express our gratitude to the individuals and the institutions whose con-
tributions were crucial to the accomplishment of this book. We mention a very
incomplete portion in these brief acknowledgments. Our heartfelt thanks go to
Larry Brendtro at Starr Commonwealth and Clark Power at Notre Dame for their
unfl agging support of our work. The contributions of our late colleague Arnold
Goldstein were so substantial that he almost could have been included posthu-
mously as a coauthor. Jennifer Poe and Scott Higgins in the Ohio State Psychology
Department ably contributed secretarial and technical assistance. Staff and residents
at the Franklin County Community Based Correctional Facility made possible the
fi eld testing and refi nement of much of our material. We also appreciate the contri-
butions of facility personnel in Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, New
Mexico, and Texas, as well as at the National Institute for Health Research, UK, and
the staff and patients at the Broadland Clinic, Hertfordshire Partnership University
NHS Foundation Trust, Norfolk. Finally, we deeply appreciate the support, patience,
and expertise of Esther Otten and Hendrikje Tuerlings, our editors at Springer.
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Contents
Part I Introduction
1 Welcome to Responsible Adult Culture .................................................. 3
1.1 Background ...................................................................................... 4
1.2 RAC at the Franklin County Community-Based
Correctional Facility ......................................................................... 7
1.3 Institutional Conduct (Humane Institutional Climate)
and Transference to the Community: Evidence that RAC Works .... 9
1.4 Beyond This Book ............................................................................ 12
References ................................................................................................... 13
Part II Preparation and Implementation
2 Getting Started .......................................................................................... 17
2.1 Mission ............................................................................................. 24
2.2 Program ............................................................................................ 25
2.2.1 Who Are Our Participants? The Client Population............. 25
2.2.2 Treatment ............................................................................ 28
2.2.3 Expectations and Guidelines for Staff ................................ 29
2.3 Organization and Procedures ........................................................... 37
2.3.1 Unit Management and the RAC Staff Team ....................... 37
2.3.2 Accurate and Systematic Feedback .................................... 46
2.3.3 Assessment Measures ......................................................... 48
2.3.4 The RAC Language ............................................................ 49
2.3.5 Daily Activity Reports and Logs ........................................ 49
2.3.6 Summary Reports ............................................................... 50
2.3.7 The RAC Staff Team and Log Book................................... 51
2.3.8 Evaluating Program Integrity ............................................. 52
2.3.9 Basic Training and the Responsible Adult
Performance Plan ................................................................ 52
2.3.10 RAC Groups and Meetings ................................................. 53
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