Andrew Day, Sharon Casey, Tony Ward

Transitions to Better Lives

Offender Readiness and Rehabilitation

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Produktbeschreibung

This book describes, collates, and summarizes a body of recent research, both theoretical and empirical, that explores the issue of treatment readiness in offender programming. The first section lays out a model of treatment readiness and how it has been operationalized; the second section discusses how the construct has been applied to the treatment of different offender groups; and in the final section, some of the practice approaches that have been identified as holding promise in addressing low levels of offender readiness are discussed. Included are contributions from authors whose work in recent years has stimulated discussion and helped to inform practice in offender rehabilitation. The title - Transitions to Better Lives - was chosen to remind us of the ultimate purpose behind any attempt to rehabilitate offenders - that is, to help individuals learn how to meet their needs in ways that are both personally fulfilling and socially responsible. This book is ideal for those who wo

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781843927181
• ISBN-10: 1843927187
• Artikelnr.: 28220239

Autorenporträt

Andrew Day is Associate Professor of Psychology at Deakin University, Australia. Sharon Casey is a Lecturer at the School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, at the University of South Australia. Tony Ward is Head of the School of Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Kevin Howells is Professor of Clinical and Forensic Psychology at the University of Nottingham. James Vess is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Deakin University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: What is Treatment Readiness? 1. The Multifactor Offender Readiness
Model 2 . The Origins of Treatment Readiness 3. What are Readiness Factors?
4. The Good Lives Model of Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Readiness
5. The Assessment of Treatment Readiness Part 2: Readiness and Offenders
6. Interpersonal Violence: the Need for Individualised Services 7. Sex
Offenders: Understanding Low Readiness 8. Substance Use and Readiness 9.
Readiness and Treatment Engagement in Personality Disordered Offenders:
Towards a Clinical Strategy Part 3: Clinical and Therapeutic Approaches to
Working with Low Levels of Readiness 10. The Modification of Low Readiness
11. Goal-focused Interventions with Offenders 12. Treatment Readiness and
the Therapeutic Alliance 13. Readiness and Risk: a Case Illustration 14.
Ways Forward and Conclusions Appendix 1: Measures of Treatment Readiness