Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment: Effective Programmes and Policies to Reduce Re-offending / Edition 1

by James McGuire

Overview

Criminal behaviour continues to be a matter of major publicconcern. How society should respond to it and what should be donewith those who repeatedly offend remain hotly disputed topics ofconversation.

Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment draws togetherinternationally renowned experts from the United Kingdom, Europe,North America and Australia. Chapters summarise some of the mostrecent and exciting developments in this field and offer asystematic, knowledge-based approach to the effective reduction ofcriminal behaviour.
* Offers coverage of a wide range of key topics in this area
* Links theory, research and practice in a coherent and accessiblestyle
* International focus with examples and authors from a number ofcountries

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471899679
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	12/13/2002
Series:	Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology , #10
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.73(w) x 9.67(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

James McGuire is a Reader in Clinical Psychology and Programme Director of the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool, UK. He obtained his first degree in psychology at the University of Glasgow, his PhD in psychology from the University of Leicester based on cross-cultural research carried out in Hong Kong and obtained an MSc in Clinical Psychology at the University of Leeds. He has previously held posts at the University of Edinburgh and University College London, and was for atime self-employed as a training consultant. He is a chartered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and carries out assessment of offenders for criminal courts and Mental Health Review Tribunals.

Table of Contents

About the Editor.

List of Contributors.

Series Editors' Preface.

Preface.

PART I: RESEARCH FINDINGS.

Integrating Findings from Research Reviews (J. McGuire).

The Effects of Therapeutic Communities and Milieu Therapy on Recidivism (D. Lipton, et al.).

The Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment Methods on Recidivism (D. Lipton, et al.).

Crime Treatment in Europe: A review of outcome studies (S. Redondo, et al.).

Developmental Prevention Programmes: Effectiveness and Benefit-Cost Analysis (D. Farrington and B. Welsh).

PART II: SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS, MODELS AND OUTCOMES.

Low-Level Aggression: Definition, Escalation, Intervention (The late A. Goldstein).

Intervening with Families of Troubled Youth: Functional Family Therapy and Parenting Wisely (D. Gordon).

Alcohol, Aggression, and Violence (M. McMurran).

Changing Beliefs of Spouse Abusers (M. Russell).

Recent Developments in the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders (A. Beech and R. Mann).

Serious Mental Disorder and Offending Behaviours (P. Mullen).

PA RT III: IMPLEMENTATION AND POLICY ISSUES.

Risk-Needs Assessment and Allocation to Offender Programmes (C. Hollin).

The Policy Impact of a Survey of Programme Evaluations in England and Wales (T. Ellis and J. Winstone).

The Common-Sense Revolution and Correctional Policy (P. Gendreau, et al.).

Index. 

Editorial Reviews

…valuable sources for students for years to come…certain themes are repeated, despite the chapter headings being so different…” (Vista, Vol 8(3), May 2004)

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