| Title: | Correctional Counseling and Treatment |
| Authors: | . Kratcoski, Peter C |
| Keywords: | Counseling and Treatment Medicine |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Abstract: | Correctional Counseling and Treatment, Sixth Edition, is designed to provide information on the counseling and treatment methods currently being used in community and institutional corrections in the United States. The treatment methods and approaches that are most often used by criminal justice agencies are presented. The book is not comprehensive, since some treatment and counseling methods are not included. Those that appear to be the most useful to correctional personnel who provide supervision and counseling to those under supervision of justice agencies are examined. The treatment methods presented in the chapters and illustrated through information obtained from interviews with practitioners employed in criminal justice agencies appear to be those most relevant to the current practices of correctional agencies. In the Sixth Edition of Correctional Counseling and Treatment, all of the chapters are new and original, written by the author of the book or by invited authors. |
| Description: | The emphasis on restorative justice has resulted in the creation of many new programs and approaches to the processing of offenders. The mental health approach in the treatment of some categories of offenders, particularly the mentally ill, homeless, and substance abusers, has gained more acceptance by the legislators who provide funding for special programming for such offenders as well as by law enforcement agency personnel and judicial officials. Programs and special courts for the mentally ill, drug and alcohol abusers, some categories of sex offenders, abusers of family members, mentally disturbed military veterans, and others have been established. The goals of these special programs are to provide counseling and treatment for the purpose of rehabilitating these offenders by diverting them from criminal justice processing or by having them processed and treated in community based programs. If they are sentenced to prison, special treatment programs for these offenders have been established in institutions. During the first part of the twenty-first century, many new approaches to correctional treatment and programs have been created. The large majority of these pertain to community corrections, with the emphasis on diversion and pro- grams for special problem offenders. The current emphasis on providing community sanctions, such as probation, or commitment to a community-based residential treatment center in place of sen- tencing to a correctional facility for a large number of offenders, particularly, those convicted of minor drug offenses, has led to questions about the effectiveness of the treatment programs provided. Critics of those who embrace the treatment (rehabil- itation) approach to corrections can cite numerous correctional treatment programs started in the past that, despite the huge amounts of funding given to implement and operate the programs, showed minimal positive results when critically evaluated. The current emphasis on evidence-based programming has gone a long way toward reducing the probability that a new approach to correctional treatment and the establishment of programs will result in failure. Currently, proposals for federal and state funding require pretesting and evaluation before being fully implemented. It must be shown that they are based on theory and research. For example, institution of a statewide case management system for probation may take several years of evaluations and feedback before the final version is decided upon and adopted. |
| URI: | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/260 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-319-54349-9 |
| Appears in Collections: | ARTS & SCIENCE |
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| 2017_Book_CorrectionalCounselingAndTreat.pdf | 2.03 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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