Alternative Offender Rehabilitation and Social Justice

Arts and Physical Engagement in Criminal Justice and Community Settings

• Author(s): Wesley Crichlow, Janelle Joseph,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 197
• ISBN_10: 1137476826
  ISBN_13: 9781137476821
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Psychology / Forensic Psychology , Education / Comparative , Social Science / Criminology , Social Science / Penology , Social Science / Social Work , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Psychology / Psychopathology / General , Psychology / Applied Psychology , Education / General , Political Science / General ,

Description:... This book demonstrates that alternative approaches to criminal rehabilitation succeed in developing pro-social attitudes and in improving mental, physical and spiritual health for youth and adults in prison and community settings. The use of mindfulness is highlighted as a foundational tool of self-reflexivity, creative expression and therapy.