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Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment James McGuire (University of Liverpool, UK)

Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment By James McGuire (University of Liverpool, UK)

Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment by James McGuire (University of Liverpool, UK)

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Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment draws together internationally renowned experts in offender treatment from the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, and Australia to report on the most recent and exciting developments in this field.

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Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment: Effective Programmes and Policies to Reduce Re-offending by James McGuire (University of Liverpool, UK)

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

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...valuable sources for students for years to come...certain themes are repeated, despite the chapter headings being so different... (Vista, Vol 8(3), May 2004)

About James McGuire (University of Liverpool, UK)

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.

Table of Contents

About the Editor.

List of Contributors.

Series Editors' Preface.

Preface.

PART I: RESEARCH FINDINGS.

Integrating Findings from Research Reviews (J. McGuire).

The Effects of Therapeutic Communities and Milieu Therapy on Recidivism (D. Lipton, et al.).

The Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment Methods on Recidivism (D. Lipton, et al.).

Crime Treatment in Europe: A review of outcome studies (S. Redondo, et al.).

Developmental Prevention Programmes: Effectiveness and Benefit-Cost Analysis (D. Farrington and B. Welsh).

PART II: SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS, MODELS AND OUTCOMES.

Low-Level Aggression: Definition, Escalation, Intervention (The late A. Goldstein).

Intervening with Families of Troubled Youth: Functional Family Therapy and Parenting Wisely (D. Gordon).

Alcohol, Aggression, and Violence (M. McMurran).

Changing Beliefs of Spouse Abusers (M. Russell).

Recent Developments in the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders (A. Beech and R. Mann).

Serious Mental Disorder and Offending Behaviours (P. Mullen).

PA RT III: IMPLEMENTATION AND POLICY ISSUES.

Risk-Needs Assessment and Allocation to Offender Programmes (C. Hollin).

The Policy Impact of a Survey of Programme Evaluations in England and Wales (T. Ellis and J. Winstone).

The Common-Sense Revolution and Correctional Policy (P. Gendreau, et al.).

Index.

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GOR002279657
9780471899679
0471899674
Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment: Effective Programmes and Policies to Reduce Re-offending by James McGuire (University of Liverpool, UK)
James McGuire (University of Liverpool, UK)
Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology
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John Wiley & Sons Inc
20021008
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