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Solution-Focused Therapy in Prison

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This is a report on a combined therapy and research project conducted with a seriously criminal population in Swedish prisons and using a Solution-Focused Brief Therapy approach with a focus on networks. Recidivism was significantly lower and less serious among experimental group participants. A case study is included.

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  1. Diploma in Family Therapy and Psychotherapy, Swedish Prison and Probation Service, Box 3416, S-103 68, Stockholm, Sweden

    Lotta Lindforss

  2. National Council for Crime Prevention, P.O. Box 6494, S-113 82, Stockholm, Sweden

    Dan Magnusson

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Lindforss, L., Magnusson, D. Solution-Focused Therapy in Prison. Contemporary Family Therapy 19, 89–103 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026114501186

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