... the absolute heart of evidence led practice. The development of cognitive behaviourism is the culmination of the convergence of distinct schools of thought in Behaviourism, cognitive theory and social learning theory. Historically, psychology developed as a philosophical discipline of structuralism and functionalism. Structuralism focussed on what individuals thought when certain things happened and the importance of breaking the experience down into 'bite sized' components, whereas Functionalism tried to explain why certain individuals thought or behaved in a certain way, be that pro or anti-social. Both of these two separate schools of thought influenced the foundation of a totally new concept. This new school of thought was, and is now known as Behaviourism (Browne 2002.1). Browne went on to explain that behaviourists worked around the traditional concept of explaining why people commit crime i.e. the classical and the deterministic views. The classical view suggested that the criminal act be carried out ...

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