Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment: Effective Programmes and Policies to Reduce Re-offending

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James McGuire
Wiley, Dec 13, 2002 - Psychology - 394 pages
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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Contents

Integrating Findings from Research Reviews
3
The Effects of Therapeutic Communities and Milieu Therapy
39
The Effectiveness of CognitiveBehavioural Treatment Methods
79
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About the author (2002)

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.

Bibliographic information

TitleOffender Rehabilitation and Treatment: Effective Programmes and Policies to Reduce Re-offending
Volume 10 of Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology
EditorJames McGuire
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherWiley, 2002
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedAug 28, 2007
ISBN0471899674, 9780471899679
Length394 pages
Subjects › 

Psychology / Forensic Psychology
Psychology / General
Social Science / Penology
  
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