Human Behavior

As you respond to the discussion prompts below, imagine that you are a probation officer, and you have a meeting with a new client who is about to be released from prison after a 15-year drug trafficking conviction.

What background information about the person’s behavior would be relevant to you as you devise a strategy for their reentry into society?

What resources would you provide the client to empower them to change their future behavior? Explain your answer.

Three myths of eliminating constraints are described in the “Increase Your Freedom by Eliminating Constraints” section of Ch. 12 in your textbook, Thinking Critically.

Explain how each of these 3 myths of eliminating constraints relates to this person and their situation. How would you help them understand and recognize each of these constraints?