A original study suggests that empathy (sensitivity to another's feelings as if they were one's own) training for parole and probation officers helps deter their clients from reoffending. Heavy caseloads,job stress, and biases can negatively affect relations between these officers and their clients, and leading to the likelihood of offenders landing back behind bars. A positive psychology intervention developed by UC Berkeley suggests that nonjudgmental […]The post Parole Officer ‘Empathy (sensitivity to another's feelings as if they were one's own) Training’ Leads to a 13% Drop in Offenders Returning to Jail appeared first on well-behaved News Network.
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