Prison Reform the Conservative Way
Prison reform the conservative way
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With the state's expensive and troubled corrections system in crisis, there is a great opportunity to apply conservative principles — smaller, more effective government at lower cost to the taxpayers — to the prisons. … Alternatives and treatment …
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TO YOUR HEALTH: July 31
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One of the NAMI signature programs is Family to Family, an evidenced-based practice registered with the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Family to Family is a free, 12-week education course for family caregivers of people …
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Isaiah Berlin, Building: Letters, 1960-1975, review
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… to communism. Abstract schemes, he argued, inevitably compromised the individual. Our guiding principle should be the preservation of liberty: Berlin was against the omelette – you paid too high a price by breaking the eggs. … No wonder Berlin …
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Motivational Enhancement Therapy: Treatment For Substance Abuse & More
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MET is based on principles of Motivational Interviewing (an approach developed by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick, clinical psychologists treating problem drinkers). It elicits self-motivational statements in early discussion sessions. This is …
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