Correctional Assessment, Casework & Counseling. 5th ed.
Publication year:
2010
| Cataloged on:
Dec. 16, 2011
ANNOTATION: This book explains the process by which an offender’s antisocial behavior may be corrected. “Correcting antisocial behavior means that some correctional agency or institution is charged with attempting to change undesirable (criminal) behavior to desirable or appropriate behavior while offenders are in custody (jail or prison) or under supervision (probation or parole)” (p. 1). Twenty-two chapters comprise this text: understanding the need for theory; sociological and psychological theories; biosocial theories; the self—principal tool of the correctional helper; interviewing and interrogating; the presentence investigation report (PSI); assessment tools and guidelines in community corrections; assessment and classification in institutional corrections; nondirective counseling; directive counseling; cognitive-behavioral approaches; group counseling in institutional settings; using community agencies and volunteers in case management; legal aspects of casework and counseling (chapter by Craig Hemmens); alcohol and the criminal offender; illegal drugs; therapeutic communities in correctional institutions—something works; the sex offender; mentally ill and mentally deficient offenders; the juvenile delinquent; the female offender; and the elderly offender. Appendices provide: social history questionnaire; client management classification assessment instrument; felony sentencing worksheet; client risk and need assessment instrument; risk assessment scoring guide; needs assessment scoring guide; principles of classification; initial inmate classification; correctional adjustment checklist (CACL); checklist for the analysis of life history records of adult offenders (CALH); and classification profile for adult offenders.
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