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What Works in Offender Rehabilitation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 39

What Works in Offender Rehabilitation

This comprehensive volume summarizes the contemporary evidence base for offender assessment and rehabilitation, evaluating commonly used assessment frameworks and intervention strategies in a complete guide to best practice when working with a variety of offenders. Presents an up-to-date review of ‘what works’ in offer assessment and rehabilitation, along with discussion of contemporary attitudes and translating theory into practice Includes assessment and treatment for different offender types across a range of settings Internationally renowned contributors include James McGuire, James Bonta, Clive Hollin, Anthony Beech, Tony Ward, William Lindsay, Karl Hanson, Ray Novaco and William Marshall

Assessing Risk in Sex Offenders
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 270

Assessing Risk in Sex Offenders

Assessing Risk in Sex Offenders: A Practitioner's Guide is a handy resource for forensic practitioners responsible for assessing an managing sexual offenders at risk of recidivism. It covers the risk factors associated with sexual recidivism, evaluates risk assessment approaches and offers guidance on how to conduct forensic evaluations. Written by an expert author team, Assessing risk in Sex Offenders: A Practitioner's Guide examines: The characteristics of sexual offenders Methodological considerations in measuring predictive accuracy Static and dynamic factors Structured risk assessments Treatment of sexual offenders Policy and practices Assessing Risk in Sex Offenders: A Practitioner's Guide is an essential resource for clinical and forensic psychologists, forensic psychiatrists, undergraduate and postgraduate students in forensic and clinical psychology, and prison and probation officers.

Sexual Deviance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 404

Sexual Deviance

SEXUAL DEVIANCE The essential text for understanding and managing deviant sexual interest and paraphilic disorders Sexual Deviance is an authoritative text that provides an understanding to the assessment, management, and treatment of sexual deviance and paraphilic disorders. The international panel of contributors—noted experts on the topic—illuminate the emerging theories that help to explain the developmental influences and pathways of sexual deviance and its connection to offending behaviour. The text considers various developmental influences such as neurobiological pathways as well as the effects of pornography. The contributors highlight the assessment and diagnosis of sexual devi...

Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 610

Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders

A comprehensive resource for practitioners working with sexual offenders. Discusses assessments and interventions, as well as providing a comprehensive literature review There are around 10,000 convictions or cautions for sexual offences in the UK each year; early evidence suggests that treatment programmes can halve re-conviction rates Edited by a University of Birmingham team who are world leaders in researching this area; the subject is of interest worldwide, with strong markets in Canada and New Zealand Includes material on managing offenders with developmental disabilities and those with Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder

The Wiley Handbook of What Works in Violence Risk Management
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 608

The Wiley Handbook of What Works in Violence Risk Management

A comprehensive guide to the theory, research and practice of violence risk management The Wiley Handbook of What Works in Violence Risk Management: Theory, Research and Practice offers a comprehensive guide to the theory, research and practice of violence risk management. With contributions from a panel of noted international experts, the book explores the most recent advances to the theoretical understanding, assessment and management of violent behavior. Designed to be an accessible resource, the highly readable chapters address common issues associated with violent behavior such as alcohol misuse and the less common issues for example offenders with intellectual disabilities. Written for...

Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 398

Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities

A practical handbook for practitioners that covers the assessment,treatment and management of sexual offenders with intellectualdisabilities – an area of growing interest within clinicalforensic psychology. New for the Wiley Series in Forensic ClinicalPsychology: a practical handbook that covers the assessment,treatment and management of sexual offenders with intellectualdisabilities Summarises the research literature on the characteristics andprevalence of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities Discusses risk assessment and innovations in treatment andmanagement Includes contributors world-renowned in the field of assessmentand treatment of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilitiessuch as Tony Ward, Glynis Murphy, and Douglas Boer

Assessments in Forensic Practice
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 438

Assessments in Forensic Practice

Assessments in Forensic Practice: A Handbook provides practical guidance in the assessment of the most frequently encountered offender subgroups found within the criminal justice system. Topics include: criminal justice assessments offenders with mental disorders family violence policy and practice

The Wiley Handbook on What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 479

The Wiley Handbook on What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Brings together the growing amount of evidence on the assessment and treatment of offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Written by a team of international experts, this comprehensive and informative book provides a contemporary picture of evidence-based practice for offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities. By adopting a scientist-practitioner position directed at an academic level with practitioner guidelines, it provides a valuable reference source for professionals from allied disciplines who are using or seeking to apply research for this client group. The Wiley Handbook of What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: ...

Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 349

Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities

A practical handbook for practitioners that covers the assessment, treatment and management of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities – an area of growing interest within clinical forensic psychology. New for the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology: a practical handbook that covers the assessment, treatment and management of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities Summarises the research literature on the characteristics and prevalence of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities Discusses risk assessment and innovations in treatment and management Includes contributors world-renowned in the field of assessment and treatment of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities such as Tony Ward, Glynis Murphy, and Douglas Boer

The Wiley Handbook of What Works in Child Maltreatment
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 516

The Wiley Handbook of What Works in Child Maltreatment

A comprehensive guide to empirically supported approaches for child protection cases The Wiley Handbook of What Works in Child Maltreatment offers clinicians, psychologists, psychiatrists and other professionals an evidence-based approach to best professional practice when working in the area of child protection proceedings and the provision of assessment and intervention services in order to maximize the well-being of young people. It brings together a wealth of knowledge from expert researchers and practitioners, who provide a comprehensive overview of contemporary work informing theory, assessment, service provision, rehabilitation and therapeutic interventions for children and families undergoing care proceedings. Coverage includes theoretical perspectives, insights on the prevalence and effects of child neglect and abuse, assessment, children’s services, and interventions with children, victims and families.