Description
Book SynopsisExploring High-risk Offender Treatment and the Role of Music Therapy explores the treatment delivered to high-risk offenders with complex needs, focusing on sex and violent offenders. The book advocates for the further use of less traditional and creative therapies, in particular, music therapy.
The higher the risk, the greater the needs. Offenders with complex needs have a range of factors impacting their abilities and well-being including mental health and learning disorders. Importantly, high-risk offenders commonly present with complex needs and, therefore, require treatment that is highly responsive. Guiding this book is the existing literature and qualitative research, conducted by the author, that sought to gain the perspectives and experiences of practitioners in the field. This included 38 interviews with those that deliver treatment to high-risk offenders and music therapy. This book examines the components of high-risk offender treatment, highlighting
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: EXPLORING HIGH-RISK OFFENDER TREATMENT AND CREATIVE CORRECTIONS
1. The Higher the Risk, the Greater the Needs: High-risk Offender Treatment
2. Contemporary Offender Treatment from the Practitioner’s Perspective
3. Moving Towards a Creative Corrections Approach
PART II: MUSIC THERAPY AS A COMPONENT OF OFFENDER TREATMENT
4. Exploring the Research: Music Therapy for Offending Behaviour
5. The Practitioner’s Perspective and Experience of Music Therapy for High-risk Offenders
6. The Role of Music Therapy in High-risk Offender Treatment
Appendices
References
Index
