Description
Book SynopsisDocumented evidence suggests that community safety is best achieved through policies promoting human services rather than relying totally on prisons and that promoting intervention in an individual's own environment (known as 'ecological integrity') is closely associated with effective intervention.
Trade Review"...For a reader interested in a broad and theoretical review...this book is to be recommended..." (Forensic Update, July 2002)
Table of ContentsAbout the Editors.
List of Contributors.
Series Editors' Preface.
Preface.
INTRODUCTION.
Implementation Issues (A. Leschied, et al.).
PART I: KEY ISSUES IN CORRECTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS.
What Works in Correctional Intervention? Evidence and PracticalImplications (J. McGuire).
Evaluating the Economic Efficiency of Correctional InterventionPrograms (B. Welsh & D. Farrington).
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Programs: Bridging theGap Between Research and Practice (F. Losel).
PART II: IMPLEMENTING SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.
A Multi-Level Perspective on the Implementation of MultisystemicTherapy (MST): Attempting Dissemination with Fidelity (D. Edwards,et al.).
Aggression Replacement Training: Application and EvaluationManagement (A. Goldstein & B. Glick).
In Search of Program Implementation: 792 Replications of theTeaching-Family Model (D. Fixsen, et al.).
The Struggle for Treatment Integrity in a "dis-integrated" ServiceDelivery System (G. Bernfeld).
"Straight Thinking on Probation": Evidence-based Practice and theCulture of Curiosity (P. Raynor & M. Vanstone).
Designing, Implementing and Managing Treatment Programs for ViolentOffenders (R. Serin & D. Preston).
PART III: IMPLEMENTING GENERAL PROGRAMS.
Implementing Offender Classification Systems: Lessons Learned (J.Bonta, et al.).
Implementation Guidelines for Correctional Programs in the "RealWorld" (P. Gendreau, et al.).
The Role of the Consultant in Developing Effective CorrectionalPrograms (C. Hollin).
Index.
