CRIMINAL OFFENDER PREFERENCE FOR COUNSELOR BACKGROUND AND COUNSELING TECHNIQUE (FROM ALACHUA COUNTY INMATE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES PROJECT - FINAL REPORT - SEE NCJ-00218)

• NCJ Number: 7248
• Author(s): T C NEIL
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 49 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

LOWER CLASS OFFENDERS AND MIDDLE CLASS COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT COUNSELING TECHNIQUES USED BY COUNSELORS FROM DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.

Abstract

THE COUNSELING TECHNIQUES OF ADVICE-GIVING-DIRECTIVE, REFLECTION-OF-FEELING, AND COUNSELOR INVOLVEMENT WERE ILLUSTRATED BY THREE DIFFERENT HANDLINGS OF THE SAME SITUATION. NEITHER OF THE GROUPS SHOWED A PREFERENCE FOR A PARTICULAR COUNSELING TECHNIQUE OR FOR A COUNSELOR FROM A PARTICULAR SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE GIVEN TO THE SUBJECTS TO DETERMINE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH THE COUNSELOR, A BEST FRIEND OR A PARENT. BOTH OFFENDERS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE WILLING TO DISCUSS PERSONAL STATEMENTS WITH A COUNSELOR THAN WITH A BEST FRIEND OR PARENT. MATERIALS USED IN THIS STUDY ARE INCLUDED. BIBLIOGRAPHY. (FOR DOCUMENT TO WHICH THIS MATERIAL WAS AN APPENDIX SEE NCJ-000907)