Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment

Criminal behaviour continues to be a matter of major publicconcern. How society should respond to it and what should be donewith those who repeatedly offend remain hotly disputed topics ofconversation.

Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment draws togetherinternationally renowned experts from the United Kingdom, Europe,North America and Australia. Chapters summarise some of the mostrecent and exciting developments in this field and offer asystematic, knowledge-based approach to the effective reduction ofcriminal behaviour.
* Offers coverage of a wide range of key topics in this area
* Links theory, research and practice in a coherent and accessiblestyle
* International focus with examples and authors from a number ofcountries Part 1: Research Findings.

1. Integrating Findings from Research Reviews (JamesMcGuire).

2. The Effects of Therapeutic Communities and Milieu Therapy onRecidivism (Douglas Lipton, Frank S. Pearson, Charles M. Clelandand Dorline Yee).

3. The Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment Methodson Recidivism (Douglas Lipton, Frank S. Pearson, Charles M. Clelandand Dorline Yee).

4. Crime Treatment in Europe: A review of outcome studies(Santiago Redondo, Julio Sánchez-Meca and VicenteGarrido).

5. Developmental Prevention Programmes: Effectiveness andBenefit-Cost Analysis (David P. Farrington and Brandon C.Welsh).

Part II: Specific Interventions, Models and Outcomes.

6. Low-level Aggression: Definition, Escalation, Intervention(The late Arnold Goldstein).

7. Intervening with Families of Troubled Youth: FunctionalFamily Therapy and Parenting Wisely (Donald A. Gordon).

8. Alcohol, Aggression and Violence (Mary McMurran).

9. Changing Beliefs of Spouse Abusers (Mary NômmeRussell).

10. Recent Developments in the Assessment and Treatment ofSexual Offenders (Anthony Be ech and Ruth Mann).

11. Serious Mental Disorder and Offending Behaviours (Paul E.Mullen).

Part III: Implementation and Policy Issues.

12. Risk-Needs Assessment and Allocation to Offender Programmes(Clive R. Hollin).

13. The Policy Impact of a Survey of Programme Evaluations inEngland and Wales (Tom Ellis and Jane Winstone).

14. The Common-Sense Revolution and Correctional Policy (PaulGendreau, Claire Goggin, Francis T. Cullen and MarioPaparozzi). James McGuire is a Reader in Clinical Psychology and Programme Director of the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool, UK. He obtained his first degree in psychology at the University of Glasgow, his PhD in psychology from the University of Leicester based on cross-cultural research carried out in Hong Kong and obtained an MSc in Clinical Psychology at the University of Leeds. He has previously held posts at the University of Edinburgh and University College London, and was for atime self-employed as a training consultant. He is a chartered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and carries out assessment of offenders for criminal courts and Mental Health Review Tribunals. 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 the effective reduction of criminal behaviour. James McGuire has brought together internationally renowned experts from a variety of specialisms to present the cutting edge of the most recent and exciting developments in this field.

The coverage of the book includes:

• three new meta-analytic reviews published for the first time
• update surveys on "what works" from Europe and North America
• methods of longer-term developmental crime prevention
• implementation issues for new programmes and services
• the links between violence and alcohol, domestic violence/spouse abuse, treatment of sexual offenders and approaches to predatory offenders.

This book will be invaluable to academics, professionals and trainees working with offenders, directly or indirectly, in criminal justice, social service and mental health professions. Practitioners and their managers, students and teachers in psychology, probation, prison and forensic services, family work and allied professions will find something of value to add to their knowledge and inform their practice directly.