This text presents foundations of correctional intervention, including overviews of the major systems of therapeutic intervention, diagnosis of mental illness, and correctional assessment and classification. Its detailed descriptions and cross-approach comparisons can help professionals better determine which of several techniques might be especially useful in their particular setting. Provides a clear and comprehensive picture of current approaches for treating and rehabilitating correctional clientsFits major paradigms of psychotherapy to the unique needs of offendersDescribes tools and skill sets essential for the correctional counselorIncludes key concepts and terms and discussion questions in every chapter Features a new chapter on treating women offenders based on the authors' considerable expertise in that area INDICE: Preface Part One: A Professional Framework for Correctional Counseling Chapter 1: The Process of Correctional Counseling and Treatment Chapter 2: Understanding the Special Challenges Faced by the Correctional Counselor in the Prison Setting Part Two: Historical Foundations of Correctional Counseling and Treatment Chapter 3: Psychoanalytic Therapy Chapter 4: Radical Behavioral Interventions Chapter 5: Early Approaches to Group and Milieu Therapy Part Three: Offender Assessment, Diagnosis, and Classification Chapter 6: Diagnosis and Assessment of Criminal Offenders Chapter 7: An Overview of Offender Classification Systems Part Four: Contemporary Approaches to Correctional Counseling and Treatment Chapter 8: Social Learning Models Chapter 9: Cognitive Therapies Chapter 10: Family Therapy Part Five: Interventions for Special Populations Chapter 11: Treating Sexual Offenders Chapter 12: Treating Substance Abuse in Offender Populations Chapter 13: Treating Severely Antisocial Offenders Chapter 14: Treating Women Offenders Part Six: Putting it all Together in Correctional Policy and at the Desk Chapter 15: Correctional Treatment: Accomplishments and Realities Chapter 16: Case Planning and Case Management
- ISBN: 978-1-4557-3008-7
- Editorial: Anderson
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 456
- Fecha Publicación: 17/04/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés