The Treatment and Rehabilitation of Offenders

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Iain D Crow
SAGE, 28 mei 2001 - 248 pagina's
`[A] useful and informative book. ...I would recommend it to students wanting a good introduction to the current issues in criminal justice and probation′ - Vista: Perspectives on Probation

`The three chapters on treatment in practice are all excellent; the treatment of sex offenders, mentally disordered offenders and the treatment of drug misuse are all described within the social context of public concern... Ian gives a good overview of the sex offenders′ treatment program as operated in prisons and Finkelhors model which is typically used by probation in working with offenders′ - Simon Bass, Caring Magazine

Treatment and rehabilitation have been central to the development of criminal justice policy, and have played an important role in the development of criminology. In recent years punishment and retribution have attracted more attention than rehabilitation, but there has been a resurgence of interest in treatment and rehabilitation, with indications that some things do ′work′, and an emphasis on ′evidence-based′ policy making. It is also the belief of many that a penal policy without an adequate treatment strategy is unjust and a denial of human rights.

In this book Iain Crow provides an accessible overview of the concepts of treatment and rehabilitation, adopting a deliberately broad definition, and considers the historical basis of treatment, and its place within the penal system and British criminology. The collapse of the ′rehabilitative ideal′ is examined, along with what followed it and the development of the more recent ′what works′ movement. The basis for evaluating ′what works′ is also subjected to critical examination. In the second part, the book looks at the part that particular agencies such as the Probation Service, prison and non-statutory organisations have played in the treatment of offenders. In Part Three, the issues raised by treatment and rehabilitation are illustrated with reference to three groups of offenders: sexual offenders, drug misusers and mentally disordered offenders.

The Treatment and Rehabilitation of Offenders will be essential reading for students of criminology and criminal justice at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels.

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Inhoudsopgave

Chapter 1 A Suitable Case for Treatment?
3
Chapter 2 Nothing Works
21
Methodological Issues
38
Chapter 4 What Works?
58
The Institutions of Treatment
81
Chapter 5 On Probation
83
Chapter 6 In Prison
103
Treatment in Practice
119
Chapter 7 The Treatment of Sex Offenders
121
Chapter 8 Mentally Disordered Offenders
141
Chapter 9 The Treatment of Drug Misuse
165
Beyond Treatment
197
Chapter 10 Treatment and Social Policy
199
References
217
Index
232
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