Right Vs. Wrong -- Offenders' Decisions at Heart of Therapy
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › June 08, 2009
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Jeff Smith was an alcoholic when he tried heroin for the first time at age 17.
"It used to take me three hours to get high when I drank. I could do the heroin and be there in three minutes," he says.See the full content of this document
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Right Vs. Wrong -- Offenders' Decisions at Heart of Therapy
Most of his decisions were made using the same kind of reasoning. His moral and ethical choices were based on the fastest route to pleasure, even if it meant lying, cheating or, eventually, forgery.
Smith was serving time at the Shelby County Correction Center for forgery in 1987 when he took part in a relatively new program called MRT, moral reconation...See the full content of this document
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