Correctional Counseling and Rehabilitation /
Patricia Van Voorhis & Emily J. Salisbury.
- Ninth edition
- 1 online resource (420 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Part I. A Professional Framework for Correctional Counseling -- Part II. Historical Foundations of Correctional Counseling and Treatment -- Part III. Offender Assessment, Diagnosis, and Classification -- Part IV. Contemporary Approaches to Correctional Counseling and Treatment -- Part V. Effective Correctional Interventions for Special Populations -- Part VI. Putting It All Together in Correctional Policy and at the Desk -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
Correctional Counseling and Rehabilitation, 9th ed., presents foundations of correctional intervention, including overviews of the major systems of therapeutic intervention, diagnosis of mental illness, and correctional assessment and classification. Now fully updated to reflect DSM-5, its detailed descriptions and cross-approach comparisons help students prepare for a career in correctional counseling and allow working professionals to better determine which techniques might be most useful in their particular setting. The content is divided into five parts: (1) A Professional Framework for Correctional Counseling; (2) Understanding the Special Challenges Faced by the Correctional Counselor in the Prison Setting; (3) Offender Assessment, Diagnosis, and Classification; (4) Contemporary Approaches to Correctional Counseling and Treatment, (5) Interventions for Special Populations, and (6) Putting It All Together. The book is appropriate for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Psychology, and Social Work programs as well as correctional counseling practitioners.