What works in corrections : reducing the criminal activities of offenders and delinquents / Doris Layton MacKenzie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacKenzie, Doris L.

Series:

Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)

Cambridge studies in criminology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States.

Criminals.

Criminals--Rehabilitation.

Recidivism.

Corrections.

Evaluation.

United States.

Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States--Evaluation.

Corrections--United States.

Recidivism--United States--Prevention.

Physical Description:

xi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

What Works in Corrections examines the impact of correctional interventions, management policies and treatment and rehabilitation programs on the recidivism of offenders and delinquents. The book reviews different strategies for reducing recidivism and describes how the evidence for effectiveness is assessed. Thousands of studies were examined in order to identify those of sufficient scientific rigor to enable conclusions to be drawn about the impact of various interventions, policies and programs on recidivism. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses were performed to further examine these results. This book assesses the relative effectiveness of rehabilitation programs (e.g., education, life skills, employment, cognitive behavioral), treatment for different types of offenders (e.g., sex offenders, batterers, juveniles), management and treatment of drug-involved offenders (e.g., drug courts, therapeutic communities, outpatient drug treatment) and punishment, control and surveillance interventions (boot camps, intensive supervision, electronic monitoring). Through her extensive research, MacKenzie illustrates which of these programs are most effective and why.

Contents:

Strategies for reducing recidivism

Evidence-based corrections

Incapacitation

Perspectives on rehabilitation

Academic education and life skills programs

Vocational education and work programs

Cognitive behavioral therapy programs

Sex offender treatment

Juvenile delinquents

Domestic violence offenders

Drug courts

Drug treatment programs for offenders

Correctional boot camps

Intermediate sanctions

Drawing conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-385) and index.

ISBN:

0521806453

052100120X

OCLC:

62889057

Publisher Number:

9780521806459

9780521001205

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