Correctional Counseling and Rehabilitation

Abstract

Understand offender counseling as a career and look at the effectiveness of different approaches to treatment and rehabilitation.Essential for students and professionals alike, Correctional Counseling and Rehabilitation presents foundations of correctional intervention, including overviews of the major systems of therapeutic intervention, diagnosis of mental illness, and correctional assessment and classification.Its detailed descriptions and cross-approach comparisons will help students prepare for a career in correctional counseling and working professionals better determine which techniques might be most useful in their particular setting.• Features the specialized expertise of the authors in new chapters on treating women offenders and case management techniques • Presents and analyzes the latest evidence on approaches to treatment and case management practices • Illustrated and enhanced with new charts, tables, photos, key concepts, and discussion questions