What works in offender rehabilitation : an evidence-based approach to assessment and treatment / edited by Leam A. Craig, Louise Dixon, Theresa A. Gannon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Craig, Leam.

Dixon, Louise.

Gannon, Theresa A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminals--Rehabilitation.

Criminals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2013.

Summary:

This comprehensive volume summarizes the contemporary evidence base for offender assessment and rehabilitation, evaluating commonly used assessment frameworks and intervention strategies in a complete guide to best practice when working with a variety of offenders. Presents an up-to-date review of 'what works' in offer assessment and rehabilitation, along with discussion of contemporary attitudes and translating theory into practiceIncludes assessment and treatment for different offender types across a range of settingsInternationally renowned contribut

Contents:

About the editors

Contributors

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Overview and structure of the book / Leam A. Craig, Louise Dixon and Theresa A. Gannon

"What works" to reduce reoffending : 15 years on / James McGuire

Creating ideological space : why public support for rehabilitation matters / Cheryl Lero Jonson, Francis Cullen and Jennifer L. Lux

What works in offender assessment

Applying the risk-need-responsivity principles to offender assessment / James Bonta & Stephen Wormith

What works in assessing risk in sexual and violent offenders / Leam A. Craig, Anthony R. Beech and Franca Cortoni

What works in offender rehabilitation

Efficacy of correctional cognitive skills programmes / Clive R. Hollin, Emma J. Palmer and Ruth M. Hatcher

What works in reducing violent reoffending in psychopathic offenders / Jenny Tew, Leigh Harkins, and Louise Dixon

What works for personality disordered offenders? / Vincent Egan

Interventions that work to stop intimate partner violence / Josilyn Banks, Sheetal Kini and Julia Babcock

What works in reducing sexual reoffending / William L. Marshall, Liam E. Marshall, Geris A. Serran and Matt D. O'Brien

Evidence-based interventions for serious and violent juvenile offenders / Charles M. Borduin, Alex R. Dopp, and Erin K. Taylor

Reducing anger-related offending : what works / Raymond W. Novaco

What works in reducing substance related offending / John Weekes, Flora Matheson, Michael Wheatley and Andrea Moser

What works in reducing arson related offending / Kate Fritzon, Rebekah Doley and Fiona Clark

What works with female sexual offenders / Franca Cortoni and Theresa A. Gannon

What works for offenders with intellectual disabilities / William R. Lindsay and Amanda M. Michie

The good lives model : does it work? preliminary evidence / Gwenda M. Willis and Tony Ward

What works in secure settings

Treatment of people with schizophrenia who behave violently towards others : a review of the empirical literature on treatment effectiveness / Nathan Kolla and Sheilagh Hodgins

Treating offenders in a therapeutic community / Richard Shuker

Best practice in svp treatment programs / David Thornton and Deirdre D?Orazio

Cultural factors and individualised approaches to offender rehabilitation

The role of cultural factors in treatment / Jo Thakker

An australasian approach to offender rehabilitation / Andrew Day and Rachael M. Collie

Criminogenic needs of sexual offenders on community supervision / R. Karl Hanson and Andrew J. R. Harris

Multi agency approaches to effective risk management in the community in england and wales / Sarah Hilder and Hazel Kemshall

Group or individual therapy in the treatment of sexual offenders / Geris A. Serran, William L. Marshall, Liam E. Marshall and Matt D. O'Brien

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-118-32065-4

1-299-40221-6

1-118-32068-9

OCLC:

825198131