“…Inadvertently, this provides a theoretical rationale for providing group-based interventions within forensic settings, since they provide more opportunities for perspective-taking than individual treatment. Group-based interventions for anti-social young people that focus solely on enhancing moral reasoning appear to be successful, but they do not have the desired impact on conduct (Arbuthnot & Gordon, 1986;Gibbs, Arnold, Alhborn, & Cheesman, 1984;Gibbs, Potter, & Goldstein, 1995;Niles, 1986). Theoretically, this may be because moral reasoning can be construed as distal schema within the context of a social situation, while cognitive distortions and social skills are proximal.…”