The Clinical Treatment of the Criminal Offender in Outpatient Mental Health Settings - New and Emerging Perspectives

Perspectives on clinical treatment in outpatient settings of criminal offenders, particularly those whose crimes have involved domestic violence or substance abuse. Contributors address the question of which offenders can be successfully treated in what settings and by what techniques.

List of contents

Introduction: Criminal Offenders and “Mainstream” Outpatient Mental Health Care: Emerging Perspectives

• “Privatizing” the Treatment of Criminal Offenders
• Men Who Abuse Their Spouses: Social and Psychological Supports
• Men Who Abuse Their Spouses: An Approach to Assessing Future Risk
• Treating Abusive Parents in Outpatient Settings
• Treatment Needs and Services for Mothers With a Dual Diagnosis: Substance Abuse and Mental Illness
• Drug Use and Felony Crime: Biochemical Credibility and Unsettled Questions
• Outpatient Treatment for Substance-Abusing Offenders
• Alcohol Abuse and the Young Offender: Alcohol Education as an Alternative to Custodial Sentencing
• The Convergence of the Mentally Disordered and the Jail Population
• Outpatient Treatment of the Sexually Motivated Murderer and Potential Murderer

About the author

Letitia C. Pallone

Summary

Perspectives on clinical treatment in outpatient settings of criminal offenders, particularly those whose crimes have involved domestic violence or substance abuse. Contributors address the question of which offenders can be successfully treated in what settings and by what techniques.

Product details

• Authors: Sol Chanales, Letitia C Pallone, Letitia C. Pallone, Nathaniel J. Pallone
• Assisted by: Sol Chaneles (Editor), Nathaniel J. Pallone (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780866569828
• ISBN: 978-0-86656-982-8
• No. of pages: 178
• Weight: 430 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; USA, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Clinical psychology, United States of America, USA, Criminal or forensic psychology, Rehabilitation of offenders