Document Type : Original Article
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Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psycholoygy Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Psychology, Qur'an and Hadith Research Institute, Qom, Iran.
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The aim of this research was to design an intervention for civic education of law-abiding citizens in female offenders and to determine its effectiveness on enhancing their law-abidingness. The research design used in this study was a single-subject design. The intervention designed was based on legal systems and consisted of 6 therapeutic sessions for this study. The main concepts of the intervention included activating the innate functions of reason, moving from rational judgment to empathy with others, activating social empathy, moving from empathy with others to activating conscience, facilitating conscience by strengthening self-esteem (analysis and control of shame) and acting lawfully. To conduct the research, three offenders who had been referred to Amin Clinic by the judiciary and the criminal deputy of Qom were selected. Then, all three underwent 6 sessions of law-abiding intervention and completed the law-abiding questionnaire as baseline, during and follow-up tests in the format of an ABA research design. The data were analyzed descriptively and based on visual analysis (level, trend, variability). The results showed that the law-abiding intervention had a positive effect on the law-abidingness of female offenders. Based on this finding, it was suggested that the intervention designed for law-abidingness be used for civic education of law-abiding citizens. Keywords: civic education, law-abidingness, female offenders
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