...attributed the success of self-help programs, ... to the fact that such programs require the reformée to perform the role of reformer thus, enabling him...A joins with some non-criminals to change criminal В is probably most effective in changing criminal A, not B; in order to change criminal B, criminal...

...parasite and not actually a member until he accepts the group's own system for assigning status. 5. The most effective mechanism for exerting group pressure...necessarily share the values of the anti-criminal members. In addition, evidence exists which indicates that "role reversal" is a key method in rehabilitation...

...status within the group by exhibition of "pro-reform" or anticriminal values and behavior patterns. 5. The most effective mechanism for exerting group pressure...noncriminals for the purpose of changing other criminals. Thus, the most effective means of producing conformity in Actor A is to include him or her in a group...

...after the group-therapy methods of Alcoholics Anonymous. . . . Dr. Cressey describes the psychology: "A group in which Criminal A joins with some noncriminals...is probably most effective in changing Criminal A." In the often brutally frank personal exchanges, the addicts slowly reveal themselves . . . and through...

...attributed the success of self-help programs, "to the fact that such programs require the reformée to perform the role of reformer, thus enabling him...A joins with some noncriminals to change criminal В is probably most effective in changing criminal A, not В ; in order to change criminal B, criminal...