Anton Schweighofer

Anton Schweighofer
Simon Fraser University · Department of Psychology

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The Wiley Handbook of What Works in Correctional Rehabilitation: An Evidence-Based Approach to Theory, Assessment and Treatment, 2nd Edition_9781119893042 edited by Leam A Craig, Louise Dixon and Theresa A Gannon
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The role of primary prevention of sexual offences is an understudied area. The current study examined a sample (N = 100) of men charged or convicted of a sexual offence to determine their interest in interventions that could be offered prior to offending, reasons for not seeking out interventions in the past, and demographic information including o...
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The similarities between the Canadian temperance movement and the contemporary war on drugs are examined. The similarities in rhetorical, educational, social and political tactics suggest that contemporary anti-drug policy relies on techniques Canadians rejected sixty years ago when they rejected alcohol prohibition. A rethinking of contemporary dr...
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The United States and Canada comprise a natural laboratory for comparative research on social policy. Recently, for example, comparisons of the U.S. and Canadian medical systems have served to highlight both strengths and weaknesses in the American medical system when major changes were being considered in the U.S. Congress.
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It is suggested that the definition of projective tests as assessment procedures which use ambiguous figures does not differentiate them from other procedures; and, to the extent that such a definition does differentiate, it describes a procedure that is inconsistent with current standards of ethical practice. An alternative definition, emphasizing...
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Pour des siècles, le mot "addiction" (dépendance) s'est rapporté à l'état d'attachement ou de dévotion extrême à l'égard de quelque chose. Toutefois, les mouvements de tempérance et anti-opium du 19° siécle ont donné une toute autre connotation à ce mot, le rattachant aux drogues, à la maladie ou au vice et aux symptômes d'abstinence et de toléranc...
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Compares demographic and methodological differences between 2 self-report studies on the prevalence of drug addiction among North American University students. A far higher prevalence of addiction was reported among students at a university in Wisconsin (D. R. Cook; see record 1988-26796-001) than among students at a university in British Columbia...

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