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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the effective methods used in the criminal justice system in the United States to counsel and treat offenders. This new edition outlines innovative approaches to counselling and treatment that focus on recent developments that present new challenges to those practitioners engaged in counselling and treating of criminal and delinquent offenders.
The volume is broken down into three sections:
- Correctional Counseling and Treatment: Past and Present
- The Diverse Roles of Counselors in Correctional Treatment
- Treatment Methods Used in Corrections
In each section, the chapters address the role of legislation on the corrections process and how it impacts diverse populations of correctional facilities, including juvenile offenders; those with mental illness, addiction and substance abuse problems, or physical and mental disabilities; and homeless populations. Featuring interviews with correctional practitioners, discussion questions, case studies, and application tools, this volume is ideal for advanced undergraduate and early graduate-level students taking for courses in correctional treatment, correctional rehabilitation, or community corrections.
List of contents
Part I. .- 1. The Scope and Purposes of Correctional Treatment.- 2. Applying Restorative Justice Models in the Correctional Process.- 3. The Criminal Justice System in Transition: Assisting Victims of Crime.- Part II. The Diverse Roles of Counselors in Correctional Treatment.- 4. Continuity and Change in the Roles of Correctional Personnel.- 5. Treatment of Juvenile Offenders: Diversion and Formal Processing.- 6. Diverting Special Categories of Offenders to Community Treatment Programs.- 7. The Functions of Classification and Assessment Models in Correctional Treatment.- 8. Community-Based Sanctions: Probation and Post-release Supervision.- 9. Community Residential Treatment and Institutional Treatment.- Part III. Treatment Models Used in Corrections.- 10. The Interview: A Basic Tool Used in Correctional Counseling and Treatment.- 11. Behavior Modification Programs Used in Corrections.- 12. Group Counseling in Corrections.- 13. Brief Therapy and Crisis Intervention.- 14. Cognitive Behavioral Therapies Used in Correctional Treatment.- 15. Future Perspectives on Counseling and Treatment of Criminal and Delinquent Offenders.
About the author
Bio Peter Charles Kratcoski earned a PhD in sociology from the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, a MA in sociology from the University of Notre, South Bend, Indiana, and a BA in sociology from King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was selected for several postdoctoral grants by the National Science Foundation. He taught at the College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, and at the Pennsylvania State University before assuming the position of assistant professor of sociology at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio in 1969. He retired as professor of criminal justice studies and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice Studies at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, where he is currently a professor emeritus and adjunct professor. He has published many books, chapters in books and journal articles in the areas of juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, international policing, crime prevention, corrections, and victimology. His most recent writing andresearch have focused on juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, collaborative policing, correctional counselling, financial crimes, corruption and fraud, and victimization of the elderly.
Summary
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the effective methods used in the criminal justice system in the United States to counsel and treat offenders. This new edition outlines innovative approaches to counselling and treatment that focus on recent developments that present new challenges to those practitioners engaged in counselling and treating of criminal and delinquent offenders.
The volume is broken down into three sections:
- Correctional Counseling and Treatment: Past and Present
- The Diverse Roles of Counselors in Correctional Treatment
- Treatment Methods Used in Corrections
In each section, the chapters address the role of legislation on the corrections process and how it impacts diverse populations of correctional facilities, including juvenile offenders; those with mental illness, addiction and substance abuse problems, or physical and mental disabilities; and homeless populations. Featuring interviews with correctional practitioners, discussion questions, case studies, and application tools, this volume is ideal for advanced undergraduate and early graduate-level students taking for courses in correctional treatment, correctional rehabilitation, or community corrections.
