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Motivational interviewing techniques have proven themselves beneficial in criminal justice applications. Used with success by substance abuse practitioners to open the lines of effective communications with their clients, motivational therapy techniques have a proven track record of success. This instruction...

The practice of motivational interviewing (MI) has gained ground in recent years as an effective best practice for the criminal justice field. It has long been utilized with success in the field of substance abuse. In 2008 the Missouri DOC Reentry Leadership Team researched the benefits of MI, and prescribed...