cognitive restructuring

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That should be an indv. project for 3-4 pages. Thank you for your help!

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A while later you receive an e-mail from one of the other psychologists you met in Las Vegas:

Hope all is well for you. I've been doing great since I left Las Vegas. My boss heard about our presentation at the Conference, and now he wants me to publish! Can you believe it? At any rate, I'm not so good at the research portion of what we do, so I am tapping my resources. Do you have any info about sociological theories that could utilize cognitive restructuring as a tool for changing criminal thinking and preventing future crimes? If you could give me a couple of examples, that would be great! Also, three web links where I can find additional information would really be helpful. You are a lifesaver!

Sincerely,

Phyllis Martin

Reply to your friend and give her some examples of sociological theories that could benefit from the use of cognitive restructuring to reform criminal behavior and provide at least three web links (other than those in your current material) with which your friend can use to continue research on her own.

There are several cognitive restructuring theories that are used in cognitive therapy to reform criminals. The objectives of these theories is to rectify "faulty thinking' so that the irrational beliefs of the person are replaced with more pertinent and useful ones. The cognitive restructuring theory assumes that the criminal's own unrealistic beliefs are directly responsible for generating dysfunctional emotions and the behaviors that emanate from it. The approach of cognitive restructuring theories is that if the irrational beliefs are taken apart, we will be rid of such dysfunctional emotions that give rise ...