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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacKenzie, Doris L., author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in criminology.

Cambridge studies in criminology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States.

Criminals.

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

Corrections--United States.

Corrections.

Recidivism--United States--Prevention.

Recidivism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 390 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What Works in Corrections, first published in 2006, examines the impact of correctional interventions, management policies, 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 crime. Strategies for reducing recidivism

Evidence-based corrections

Incapacitation

Perspectives on rehabilitation

The effectiveness of rehabilitation programs. Academic education and life skills programs

Vocational education and work programs

Cognitive behavioral therapy programs

Targeting specific types of offenders. Sex offender treatment

Juvenile delinquents

Domestic violence offenders

Management and treatment of substance abusers. Drug courts : a strategy for managing drug-involved offenders

Drug treatment programs for offenders

Control, discipline, and punishment. Correctional boot camps

Intermediate sanctions : intensive supervision programs and electronic monitoring

Conclusions. Drawing conclusions.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

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

ISBN:

1-107-14393-4

1-280-45780-5

0-511-16855-1

0-511-16751-2

0-511-16898-5

0-511-31449-3

0-511-49947-7

0-511-16806-3

OCLC:

86117260