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Irrational beliefs of shoplifters
Author(s) -
Solomon Gary S.,
Ray Joseph B.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198407)40:4<1075::aid-jclp2270400437>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - irrational number , recidivism , psychology , emotive , mental health , intervention (counseling) , foundation (evidence) , criminal justice , economic justice , psychotherapist , social psychology , psychiatry , criminology , law , sociology , political science , geometry , mathematics , anthropology
Shoplifting has become a serious problem for retail merchants and for the criminal justice system. In response to a local court's request for mental health intervention in this problematic area, the Lubbock Regional MHMR Center developed the Shoplifter Offenders Program (SOP), an innovative and novel approach designed to reduce recidivism among convicted adult shoplifters. The principles of Ellis' rational‐emotive therapy (RET) served as the conceptual foundation for the intensive, 8‐hour psycho‐educational group counseling experience ( N = 94). Results from the first year of SOP operation are presented, with particular attention paid to the irrational beliefs of shoplifters.