Freedom Project: Nonviolent Communication and Mindfulness Training in Prison

SAGE Open

Alejandra Suarez¹ 

关键词: nonviolent communication;    prison;    recidivism;    anger;    mindfulness;    social skills;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2158244013516154

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Freedom Project trains prisoners in nonviolent communication and meditation. Two complementary studies of its effects are reported in this article. The first study is correlational; we found decreased recidivism rates among prisoners trained by Freedom Project compared with recidivism rates in Washington state. The second study compared trained prisoners with a matched-pair control group and found improvement in self-reported anger, self-compassion, and certain forms of mindfulness among the trained group. Ratings of role-plays simulating difficult interactions show increased social skills among the group trained by Freedom Project than in the matched controls.

【 授权许可】

CC BY