Offender rehabilitation and treatment : effective programmes and policies to reduce re-offending /

Criminal behaviour continues to be a matter of major public concern. How should society respond? What should be done with those who offend repeatedly? Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment links theory, research and practice in a coherent way by providing a systematic, evidence-based approach for th...

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Other Authors: McGuire, James, 1948-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : J. Wiley, ©2002.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Integrating findings from research reviews / James McGuire
  • The effects of therapeutic communities and milieu therapy on recidivism / Douglas Lipton [and others]
  • The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural treatment methods on recidivism / Douglas Lipton [and others]
  • Crime treatment in Europe : a review of outcome studies / Santiago Redondo, Julio Sánchez-Meca and Vicente Garrido
  • Developmental prevention programmes : effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis / David P. Farrington and Brandon C. Welsh
  • Low-level aggression : definition, escalation, intervention / Arnold Goldstein
  • Intervening with families of troubled youth : functional family therapy and parenting wisely / Donald A. Gordon
  • Alcohol, aggression, and violence / Mary McMurran
  • Changing beliefs of spouse abusers / Mary Nômme Russell
  • Recent developments in the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders / Anthony Beech and Ruth Mann
  • Serious mental disorder and offending behaviours / Paul E. Mullen
  • Risk-needs assessment and allocation to offender programmes / Clive R. Hollin
  • The policy impact of a survey of programme evaluations in England and Wales / Tom Ellis and Jane Winstone
  • The common-sense revolution and correctional policy / Paul Gendreau [and others].