Table 4. Theme: Social Lives.

IST Stem and offender response	Defining characteristics	Subtheme
If I had my way I would change a couple of laws	Perception of the law and the offenders' relationships with it	Legal issues
	Legal nuisances
Most people don't tell the truth about their inner needs and disappointments	What “everyone” believes, wishes, or does	Offenders' attitudes towards others
	Other people's attitudes and behavior
	Attitudes toward men and women in general
Most people judge you before they get to know you	Attitudes others express about the offender	People's attitudes toward offenders
	May or may not be related to the offense
I have never told anyone that I cry everyday	Offenders' attitudes toward discussing personal matters	Sharing
	What they are and are not willing to discuss
	What other people do when they express emotion or personal opinion
	What happens when they isolate themselves
The best thing I ever did was volunteer at my local church	Offenders' attitudes toward spiritual matters	Spirituality
	Expressions of spiritual benefits to the offender and others
	Relationships with others in their spiritual communities
If only others understood how my mind works	Expression of need for comprehension, recognition, or empathy	Understanding
No one should ever have to go through rape or abuse	What the offender thinks is fair, ethical, right, wrong, or normal	Values and norms
	Activities and attitudes that foster trust between people
	Expressions of how the world ought to be
	Expectations for evenhanded treatment
I cannot say for sure but I think I am capable of hard work	Offenders' attitudes toward their own and others' work	Work