Full Description
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the methods used in the Criminal Justice system in the United States to counsel and treat offenders. It is aimed at advanced undergraduate and early graduate-level students for courses in Correctional Treatment or Rehabilitation, or Community Corrections more broadly.
The sections in the book provide:
- Aims and Scope of Correctional Counseling and Treatment
-Tools that Corrections Workers Use (including counseling and case management)
- Behavioral Modification Treatments: Examples and Applications
- Cognitive Therapies: Examples and Applications
Throughout the text, there is an emphasis on the big picture: the interaction of the correctional component of the justice system with other components, particularly courts (including special courts like family courts, drug courts, veterans courts and other programs).
Chapters in this book address the diverse population of correctional facilities, including juvenile offenders; those with mental illness, addiction and substance abuse problems, physical and mental disabilities; and homeless populations. The author also provides analysis of how legislation influences the corrections process.
This work is also enhanced by providing comparative analysis of the criminal and juvenile justice systems: their goals, objectives, and how these can affect counseling and treatment available within these two systems.
This pedagogical features of this engaging text include: excerpted interviews with correctional practitioners about the problems and challenges they encounter, discussion questions, classification instruments and real-world examples of specific treatments programs, and case studies that give students the chance to select the appropriate interviewing, counseling or treatment approach to deal with the problem/ issues of the case.
This work provides students with an overview of the methods usedfor Correctional Treatment and Counseling, and the tools to begin to think critically about how and when to apply these methods.
Contents
Section I: Correctional Counseling and Treatment: Past and Present.- Chapter 1: The Scope and Purpose of Correctional Treatment.- Chapter 2: Applying Restorative Justice Models in the Correctional Process.- Chapter 3: The Criminal Justice System in Transition: Assisting Victims of Crime.- Section II: The Diverse Roles of Counselors in Correctional Treatment.- Chapter 4: Continuity and Change in the Roles of Correctional Personnel.- Chapter 5: Treatment of Juvenile Offenders: Diversion and Formal Processing.- Chapter 6: Diverting Special Categories of Offenders to Community Treatment Programs.- Chapters 7: The Functions of Classification and Assessment Models in Correctional Treatment.- Chapter 8: Community Based Sanctions: Probation and Post Release Supervision.- Chapter 9: Community Residential Treatment and Institutional Treatment.- Section III: Treatment Models Used in Corrections.- Chapter 10: The Interview: A Basic Tool Used in Correctional Counseling and Treatment.- Chapter 11: Behavior Modification Programs in Corrections.- Chapter 12: Group Counseling in Corrections.- Chapter 13: Brief Therapy and Crisis Intervention.- Chapter 14: Cognitive Behavioral Therapies in Correctional Treatment.- Chapter 15: Future Perspectives on Counseling and Treatment of Criminal and Delinquent Offenders.
