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Book SynopsisThere is a growing consensus that offender rehabilitation, prison regimes, and the treatment of offenders with special needs, must be based on research, methods and experience that are effective, humane and related to individual, organizational, and social considerations.
Trade Review"…can be recommended confidently to anyone wishing to obtain up-to-date information…" (British Journal of Forensic Practice, Vol 6(1), February 2004)
Table of ContentsAbout the Editor.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
TO TREAT OR NOT TO TREAT?
To Treat or Not to Treat?: An Historical Perspective (C.Hollin).
To Treat or Not to Treat?: An Empirical Perspective (D. Cooke L.Philip).
To Treat or Not to Treat?: A Financial Perspective (M.Cohen).
RISK ASSESSMENT.
Risk Assessment of Child Abuse (M. Herbert).
Assessing Violence Risk in Mentally and Personality DisorderedIndividuals (C. Webster G. Bailes).
Sex Offender Risk Assessment (R. Hanson).
Psychophysiology and Risk Assessment (W. Murphy).
Psychometric Assessment (G. Gudjonsson)
Case Material and Interview (A. Beech).
APPROACHES TO TREATMENT.
Behavioral Approaches to Correctional Management and Rehabilitation(M. Milan).
Therapeutic Community Treatment Programming in Corrections (D.Lipton).
Programming in Cognitive Skills: The Reasoning and RehabilitationProgramme (D. Robinson F. Porporino).
Intensive Supervision in Probation and Parole Settings (P.Gendreau, et al.).
Family-Based Treatments (C. Swenson, et al.).
Alternative Interventions for Juvenile Offenders: History of theAdolescent Diversion Project (W. Davidson, et al.).
Delinquency Prevention Programs in Schools (D. LeMarquand R.Tremblay).
Peer Group Therapy (J. Gibbs, et al.).
Skills Training (C. Hollin E. Palmer).
Anger Treatment with Offenders (R. Novaco, et al.).
Relapse Prevention: Reconceptualization and Revision (D.Laws).
Forensic Psychotherapy (C. Cordess).
ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS.
Adult Sexual Offenders Against Women (W. Marshall).
The Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders Against Children(T. Ward, et al.).
Adolescent Sexual Offenders: Assessment and Treatment (S. Hudson T.Ward).
Criminal Justice Programmes for Men Who Assault Their Partners (R.Dobash R. Emerson Dobash).
Firesetters (D. Kolko).
Assessment and Treatment: Violent Offenders (D. Polaschek N.Reynolds).
Offenders with Major Mental Disorders (S. Hodgins).
Offenders with Mental Retardation (K. Day).
Offenders with Personality Disorders (M. McMurran).
Offenders with Drink and Drug Problems (M. McMurran).
Property Offences (J. McGuire).
Serial Offenders (D. Gresswell).
TREATMENT IN CONTEXT.
Treatment in High Security Hospitals (R. Blackburn).
Juvenile Offending: Treatment in Residential Settings (R.Bullock).
Treatment in the Community (G. McIvor).
Author Index.
Subject Index.
