Counseling criminal justice offenders / Ruth E. Masters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Masters, Ruth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work with criminals--United States.

Social work with criminals.

Criminals--Counseling of--United States.

Criminals.

Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Sage Publications, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders, Second Edition takes a practical view of offenders, their problems, and the difficulties counselors face working with them in criminal justice settings. Author Ruth E. Masters examines criminal justice counseling on an individual and group basis and in a variety of settings such as prisons, probation and parole agencies, diversion programs, group homes, halfway houses, prerelease facilities, and U.S. jails. The book also explores the many faces of offenders - young, old, male, female, and across many cultures. The Second Edition of

Contents:

C

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT PAGE

CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1 - UNDERSTANDING CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNSELING

CHAPTER 2 - THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNSELING PROCESS

CHAPTER 3 - THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF EMOTIONS IN COUNSELING CRIMINAL JUSTICE OFFENDERS

CHAPTER 4 - COUNSELING AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE OFFENDER

CHAPTER 5 - COUNSELING MALE AND FEMALE CRIMINAL JUSTICE OFFENDERS

CHAPTER 6 - "TREATING" THE CRIMINAL PSYCHOPATH

CHAPTER 7 - TRAUMA, THE ADDICTION MODEL, AND REPETITIVE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR

CHAPTER 8 - ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONCERNS IN COUNSELING CRIMINAL JUSTICE OFFENDERS

CHAPTER 9 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNSELING MODALITIES

CHAPTER 10 - EFFECTIVENESS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNSELING

GLOSSARY

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781483342047

1483342042

OCLC:

879551011