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Making Permanent Changes With Offenders

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

When we consider the resources and organizations that make themselves available to the criminal justice industry we can see one major re-occurring theme. Most all of the efforts to change offenders and prevent future crime are focused on a change that is based on extrinsic motivation. Either the offender is rewarded or punished for changing their behavior (or not changing their behavior), and ALL of these efforts require the abilities of a trained professional to motivate, teach, influence or facilitate the intended result. Clearly, teaching does not always (or hardly ever) equal learning. We have found from thousands of graduates that our Home Study approach is creating a space for offenders to learn, self-evaluate and change deep seated criminal thinking as demonstrated by our continued reduction of recidivism rates. These powerful changes have all happened without a Judge, Probation Officer, or Group Facilitator. This begs the question: Why do we try so hard to force change when we already know that real, lasting change is a personal matter and can only be invited. Criminal offenders are humans non the less and learn best and change best when given the RIGHT opportunity to do so. The ACCI Home Study Program is helping offenders make lasting changes in their criminal thinking and avoid future crime.