{"product_id":"offender-rehabilitation-in-practice-isbn-9780471720263","title":"Offender Rehabilitation in Practice","description":"Documented evidence suggests that community safety is best achievedthrough policies promoting human services rather than relyingtotally on prisons and that promoting intervention in anindividual's own environment (known as 'ecological integrity') isclosely associated with effective intervention.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is the first book to focus on the transfer of knowledge ofworldwide effective offender rehabilitation programs. Prominentresearchers and practitioners in the criminal justice field havecontributed their extensive knowledge of what it takes to implementeffective correctional practices with ecological integrity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * Reviews \"real world\" challenges of program effectiveness andsurvival\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * Offers effective, evidence based, innovative alternatives toimprisonment of offenders\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * Offers a common multi-level systems perspective as a frameworkfor the international case studies featured\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * The first book to focus on the transfer of knowledge and bestpractice through the concept of \"technology transfer\" About the Editors.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Series Editors' Preface.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Preface.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e INTRODUCTION.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Implementation Issues (A. Leschied, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART I: KEY ISSUES IN CORRECTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What Works in Correctional Intervention? Evidence and PracticalImplications (J. McGuire).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Evaluating the Economic Efficiency of Correctional InterventionPrograms (B. Welsh \u0026amp; D. Farrington).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Programs: Bridging theGap Between Research and Practice (F. Losel).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART II: IMPLEMENTING SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Multi-Level Perspective on the Implementation of MultisystemicTherapy (MST): Attempting Dissemination with Fidelity (D. Edwards,et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Aggression Replacement Training: Application and EvaluationManagement (A. Goldstein \u0026amp; B. Glick).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In Search of Program Implementation: 792 Replications of theTeaching-Family Model (D. Fixsen, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Struggle for Treatment Integrity in a \"dis-integrated\" ServiceDelivery System (G. Bernfeld).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Straight Thinking on Probation\": Evidence-based Practice and theCulture of Curiosity (P. Raynor \u0026amp; M. Vanstone).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Designing, Implementing and Managing Treatment Programs for ViolentOffenders (R. Serin \u0026amp; D. Preston).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART III: IMPLEMENTING GENERAL PROGRAMS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Implementing Offender Classification Systems: Lessons Learned (J.Bonta, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Implementation Guidelines for Correctional Programs in the \"RealWorld\" (P. Gendreau, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Role of the Consultant in Developing Effective CorrectionalPrograms (C. Hollin).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index. \"...For a reader interested in a broad and theoretical review...this book is to be recommended...\" (Forensic Update, July 2002) \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary A. Bernfeld\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of \u003ci\u003eOffender Rehabilitation in Practice: Implementing and Evaluating Effective Programs\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Philip Farrington\u003c\/b\u003e OBE is a British criminologist, forensic psychologist, and emeritus professor of psychological criminology at the University of Cambridge, where he is also a Leverhulme Trust Emeritus Fellow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan W. Leschied\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of \u003ci\u003eOffender Rehabilitation in Practice: Implementing and Evaluating Effective Programs\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003eOffender Rehabilitation in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book in its field to reconcile the perspectives of both researchers and practitioners. Bernfeld, Farrington and Leschied go beyond the concept of \"what works\", by combining a review of this knowledge, with an effective guidebook on the implementation of state-of-the-art programs in the field.  \u003cp\u003eDivided into three parts, all the chapters have either a programmatic, or an economic, or a policy focus. Part I discusses key issues in operational effectiveness. Part II details implementation issues arising from specific programs. Part III takes a much broader view by reviewing the experiences of those involved in the implementation of, the evaluation of, and consultation for correctional programs across multiple sites.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith its emphasis on technology transfer, \u003ci\u003eOffender Rehabilitation in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e will be invaluable to a wide range of professionals in the adult and juvenile correctional field, including practitioners, administrators, policymakers and researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This book is published in the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989709701349,"sku":"NP9780471720263","price":95.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471720263.jpg?v=1761785199","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/offender-rehabilitation-in-practice-isbn-9780471720263","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}