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Foundations of Offender Rehabilitation.

The past three decades has seen dramatic changes in the way in which the criminal justice system responds to those who break the law. The old claim in the field of correctional psychology that "nothing works" has strongly been refuted in the face of evidence from rehabilitation programmes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Casey, Sharon
Otros Autores: Day, Andrew, Vess, Jim, Ward, Tony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright page; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; About the authors; Foreword; Acknowledgement; PART 1: Theoretical foundations; 1 Theories of offending; Theories of crime and criminal behaviour; Level I: Society; Level II: Community; Level III: Social groups; Level IV: Criminal acts and events; Level V: Individual level; Conclusion; 2 Theories of offender rehabilitation; Features of effective offender rehabilitation; The RNR of offender rehabilitation; The GLM; Conclusion; PART 2: From theory to practice; 3 Theories of behaviour and behaviour change
  • Self-determination theorySocial cognitive theory; Self-regulation theory; Behaviour enaction models; Cognitive behavioural theory; Conclusion; 4 Forensic assessment and case formulation; Psychological assessment; Assess the offending behaviour; Limitations and ethical issues of a functional analysis approach to risk formulation; Case formulation; Case example; Conclusion; PART 3: Practice examples: Working with different groups; 5 Sex offenders; Prevalence of sex offending and sex offenders; Aetiology of sexual offending; Assessment of sex offenders; Sex offender treatment: Current practice
  • Case example6 Violent offenders; Understanding violence; Violent offender treatment; Case example; 7 Substance use; Theoretical explanations of the drug-crime nexus; Assessment issues; Substance abuse treatment; Case example; 8 Female offenders; The aetiology of female offending: Gendered-specific needs and offence pathways; Assessment of female offenders; Treatment issues for female offenders; Case example; 9 Young offenders; Base rates; Assessing risk; Interventions; Case example; 10 Mentally disordered offenders; The prevalence of mental illness among offenders
  • Treatment of mentally disordered offendersCase example; 11 Professional practice; Codes and guidelines; Specific issues for ethical professional practice; Supervision; Conclusion; Glossary; References; Index