ADVANCED CRIMINAL MANIPULATION

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ADVANCED CRIMINAL MANIPULATION
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Performance Objectives

• List eight cognitive patterns which
• perpetuate a criminal lifestyle
• List power and control tactics used
• by offenders
• Know strategies to directly challenge
• and confront manipulation

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Performance Objectives

• List the Three Rs of managing deception
• and manipulation
• Know the Ten Commandments of
• correctional professionals

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Needs of Offenders

• Activity

• Privacy

• Safety

• Emotional Feedback

• Support

• Structure

• Freedom

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The Three Cs

• Conditions environmental and
• personal factors that place
• a person at risk
• Choices criminals choose to
• engage in antisocial behavior
• Cognition choosing to violate
• the law involves specific thinking
• patterns

Conditions, choices, and cognition
(thinking) contribute to a criminal lifestyle.
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Eight Cognitive Patternswhich serve to
perpetuate acriminal lifestyle

• The Blaming Game
• Look at Me Being Good
• Im in Charge
• Thats Too Much Work

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Eight Cognitive Patterns

• I Should Get What I Want
• I Can Get By With Anything
• I Feel Nothing
• I Talk One Way and Act Another

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Power and Control Tactics

• Testing
• Diversion
• Extortion
• Disreputation
• Negotiation
• Rumor Clinic

• Revenge
• Ingratiation
• Splitting
• Boundary Intrusion
• Sphere of Influence
• Solidarity

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Managing andConfronting Manipulation

• Point out disparity between verbal
• responses
• Point out discrepancy between
• emotions and verbal responses
• Identifying conflict between a verbal
• response and that which would be expected
• from a noncriminal

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Managing andConfronting Manipulation

• Calling attention to obvious game playing
• Questioning or challenging expectations
• about what is happening or might happen
• in the future

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The Three Rsof managing deception and
manipulation

• Reversal of responsibility
• placing responsibility on the
• offender
• Relabel behavior in ways which
• are inconsistent with offenders
• self-perception of being powerful
• 3. Redirection staff maintaining
• focus of attention on topic or task
• at hand

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Additional Management Strategies

• Prevention
• Trust Your Intuition
• Pay Close Attention to Offenders
• Normal Behavior
• Be Aware of Your Own Nonverbal
• Behavior
• Be Honest and Direct When Talking with
• Offenders
• Seek Collateral Information

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Additional Management Strategies

• Damage Control
• Make Another Staff Member
• Aware
• Document What Happened
• Heal Your Wounds and Move On
• Maintain and Exercise a Sense of Humor

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Ten Commandmentsof correctional professionals

• Go home safe and sound at the end
• of each day
• Establish realistic expectations
• Set firm and consistent limits
• Avoid power struggles
• Manage interpersonal boundaries

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Ten Commandments

• Do not take things personally
• Strive for an attitude of healthy
• skepticism
• Do not fight bureaucracy
• Ask for help
• Do not take your work home with you

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You have now completed Advanced Criminal
Manipulation.If you have any questions,
pleasereview the module.Please proceed to the
nextmodule when you are ready.Thanks!

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