This comprehensive volume summarizes the contemporary evidence base for offender assessment and rehabilitation, evaluating commonly used assessment frameworks and intervention strategies in a complete guide to best practice when working with a variety of offenders.
Presents an up-to-date review of 'what works' in offer assessment and rehabilitation, along with discussion of contemporary attitudes and translating theory into practice
Includes assessment and treatment for different offender types across a range of settings
Internationally renowned contributors include James McGuire, James Bonta, Clive Hollin, Anthony Beech, Tony Ward, William Lindsay, Karl Hanson, Ray Novaco and William Marshall
About the Editors vii
About the Contributors ix
Foreword xxi
Acknowledgements xxiii
Part I Introduction 1
1 Overview and Structure of the Book 3
Leam A. Craig, Louise Dixon and Theresa A. Gannon
2 'What Works' to Reduce Re-offending: 18 Years On 20
James McGuire
3 Creating Ideological Space: Why Public Support for Rehabilitation Matters 50
Cheryl Lero Jonson, Francis T. Cullen and Jennifer L. Lux
Part II What Works in Offender Assessment 69
4 Applying the Risk-Need-Responsivity Principles to Offender Assessment 71
James Bonta and J. Stephen Wormith
5 What Works in Assessing Risk in Sexual and Violent Offenders 94
Leam A. Craig, Anthony R. Beech and Franca Cortoni
Part III What Works in Offender Rehabilitation 115
6 Efficacy of Correctional Cognitive Skills Programmes 117
Clive R. Hollin, Emma J. Palmer and Ruth M. Hatcher
7 What Works in Reducing Violent Re-offending in Psychopathic Offenders 129
Jenny Tew, Leigh Harkins and Louise Dixon
8 What Works for Personality-Disordered Offenders? 142
Vincent Egan
9 Interventions that Work to Stop Intimate Partner Violence 159
Josilyn Banks, Sheetal Kini and Julia Babcock
10 What Works in Reducing Sexual Offending 173
William L. Marshall, Liam E. Marshall, Geris A. Serran and Matt D. O'Brien
11 Evidence-Based Interventions for Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders 192
Charles M. Borduin, Alex R. Dopp and Erin K. Taylor
12 Reducing Anger-Related Offending: What Works 211
Raymond W. Novaco
13 What Works in Reducing Substance-Related Offending? 237
John R. Weekes, Andrea E. Moser, Michael Wheatley and Flora I. Matheson
14 What Works in Reducing Arson-Related Offending 255
Katarina Fritzon, Rebekah Doley and Fiona Clark
15 What Works with Female Sexual Offenders 271
Franca Cortoni and Theresa A. Gannon
16 What Works for Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities 285
William R. Lindsay and Amanda M. Michie
17 The Good Lives Model: Does It Work? Preliminary Evidence 305
Gwenda M. Willis and Tony Ward
Part IV What Works in Secure Settings 319
18 Treatment of People with Schizophrenia Who Behave Violently Towards Others: A Review of the Empirical Literature on Treatment Effectiveness 321
Nathan Kolla and Sheilagh Hodgins
19 Treating Offenders in a Therapeutic Community 340
Richard Shuker
20 Best Practice in SVP Treatment Programmes 359
David Thornton and Deirdre D'Orazio
Part V Cultural Factors and Individualized
Approaches to Offender Rehabilitation 387
21 The Role of Cultural Factors in Treatment 389
Jo Thakker
22 An Australasian Approach to Offender Rehabilitation 408
Andrew Day and Rachael M. Collie
23 Criminogenic Needs of Sexual Offenders on Community Supervision 421
R. Karl Hanson and Andrew J.R. Harris
24 Multi-agency Approaches to Effective Risk Management in the Community in England and Wales 436
Sarah Hilder and Hazel Kemshall
25 Group or Individual Therapy in the Treatment of Sexual Offenders 452
Geris A. Serran, William L. Marshall, Liam E. Marshall and Matt D. O'Brien
Index 468
