Hemmerling Morality Behind Bars

An Intervention Study on Fostering Moral Competence of Prisoners as a New Approach to Social Rehabilitation
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-3-653-99970-9
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten

Prisoners prefer moral ideals like justice and responsibility just as much as non-prisoners. However, they lack moral competence, which Georg Lind has defined as the ability to solve conflicts through deliberation and communication rather than through violence, deceit and power. The data of this experimentally designed intervention study show that imprisonment mostly makes things worse. It leads to a regression of moral competence. Further, these data show that – with appropriate training methods like the Konstanz Method of Dilemma Discussion (KMDD) – moral competence can be effectively and sustainably fostered. The KMDD lets participants learn to solve stressful morally dilemmatic moments with mutual respect, thinking and discussion – the keys to a non-delinquent life in society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hemmerling, Kay

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Kriminalpsychologie, Forensische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Fostering moral competence, an experimentally designed intervention study with comparison groups – Measurement with the Moral Competence Test – Considerable increase of moral competence through Konstanz Method sessions – Regression of moral competence in prisoners without treatment.

Über Autor(innen)

Kay Hemmerling holds degrees of Psychology from the Free University of Berlin and a PhD from the University of Konstanz. He is also a Hans-Böckler-Foundation Scholarship Holder.