Delinquency and Young Offenders

Including chapters on current methodology in reducing delinquency, families in relation to delinquency and advances in working with delinquents, this book offers a clear insight into this complex area whilst offering practical problem-solving advice. Introduction.

Part I: What Do We Know About Effective Work to Reduce Delinquency?.

1. Meta-Analyses: An Overview.

2. Elements of Successful Work With Delinquents.

3. The Importance of Treatment Integrity.

Part II: Families and Delinquency:.

4. Family Factors and Delinquent Behaviour.

5. Foster Families and delinquency.

6. Familial Abuse and delinquency.

7. Working With Parents and Children.

Part III: Advances in Working With Delinquents:.

8. The Role of Social Cognition in Delinquency.

9. Moral Maturity and Delinquent Behaviour.

10. Working With Cognition.

11. Linking Advances to What Works.

Concluding Thoughts.

Appendices.

"Some of these [books in the PACTS series 2] are quite outstanding guides for practitioners, full of practical steps to take and worldly wisdom as well as good theretical grounding ... Overall I would recommend that this series is present for anybody working with adolescents, as they provide a very useful guide for trainees to get stuck in with treatment." Stephen Scott, Institute of Psychiatry, London, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Volume 9, No. 2, 2004, pp 92-96 Martin Herbert, is Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Royal and Devon Exeter Health Care Trust and Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter. Including chapters on current methodology in reducing delinquency, families in relation to delinquency and advances in working with delinquents, this book offers a clear insight into this complex area whilst offering practical problem-solving advice.