Acting Out: Maladaptive Behavior in Confinement

by Hans Toch

This volume examines the prison careers of the most problematic group of inmates - those who appear to sabotage their own rehabilitation by repeated displays of violence, disruptiveness or otherwise self-defeating behaviour. A particular challenge with these prisoners is determining the extent to which their problem behaviour is a result of mental illness, as opposed to purely ""characterological"" defects. Clearly these two alternatives demand different...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557988803
• ISBN13: 9781557988805
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"