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How Prison Educators Transform Themselves Into Value Added Representatives
As prison educators and probation officers work with offenders to improve behaviors, it is useful to borrow from the business world the concept of the value-added reseller. Negative behaviors only stop when offenders see a benefit to positive replacement behaviors. It is the job of the educator to frame the behaviors in a way that appeals to the specific values of Blue, Gold, Green, and Orange personality types.
How to Help Criminal Offenders Discover the True Cost of Illegal Behaviors
Societies have worked for ages on the issue of what to do with those members who do not play by the rules. Politicians, clergy, justice system workers, and concerned citizens have tried plan after plan to try to harness the best solution for dealing with criminal offenders. Unfortunately, these efforts are doomed to fail unless we help offenders discover the true costs of their criminal activities.
How to Choose an Educational Program That Changes Criminal Behavior (Part 2)
In this article, we take a look at five important principles involved in designing an educational program to teach Blue, Gold, Green, and Orange offenders how to improve their behavior once they are released from jail, prison, or probation. Failing to pay attention to these factors will dramatically hinder rehabilitation success.
