The practice of correctional psychology / Marguerite Ternes, Philip R. Magaletta, Marc W. Patry, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ternes, Marguerite, editor.

Patry, Marc William, editor.

Magaletta, Philip R., 1968- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Correctional psychology.

Prisoners--Mental health services.

Prisoners.

Prisoners--Mental health services--U.S. states.

Correctional personnel--Mental health services.

Correctional personnel.

Mental health services.

Physical Description:

xi, 308 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]

Summary:

"This highly accessible volume tours the competencies and challenges relating to contemporary mental health service delivery in correctional settings. Balancing the general and specific knowledge needed for conducting effective therapy in jails and prisons, leading experts present eclectic theoretical models, current statistics, diagnostic information, and frontline wisdom. Evidence-based practices are detailed for mental health assessment, treatment, and management of inmates, including specialized populations (women, youth) and offenders with specific pathologies (sexual offenders, psychopaths). And readers are reminded that correctional psychology is in an evolutionary state, adapting to the diverse needs of populations and practitioners in the context of reducing further offending. Included in the coverage: Assessing and treating offenders with mental illness; Substance use disorders in correctional populations; Assessing and treating offenders with intellectual disabilities; Assessing and treating those who have committed sexual offenses; Self-harm/suicidality in corrections; Correctional staff: The issue of job stress. The Practice of Correctional Psychology will be of major interest to psychologists, social workers, and master's level clinicians and students who work in correctional institutions and settings with offenders on parole or probation, as well as other professionals within the correctional system who work directly with offenders, such as probation officers, parole officers, program officers, and corrections officers."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The practice of correctional psychology

Assessing and treating offenders with mental illness

Substance use disorders in correctional populations

Assessing and treating offenders with intellectual disabilities

Assessing and treating women offenders

Assessing and treating youth offenders

Assessing and treating violent offenders

Assessing and treating psychopaths

Assessing and treating men who have committed sexual offenses

Assesssing and treating radicalized offenders

Self-harm/suicidality in corrections

Correctional staff: the issue of job stress

Approaching correctional treatment from a programmatic standpoint: risk-need-responsivity and beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3030004511

9783030004514

OCLC:

1048933640