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"Excellent book, the best I have read." --John McCullogh, South Hills Business School Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders, Second Edition takes a practical view of offenders, their problems, and the difficulties counselors face working with them in criminal justice settings. Author Ruth E. Masters examines criminal justice counseling on an individual and group basis and in a variety of settings such as prisons, probation and parole agencies, diversion programs, group homes, halfway houses, prerelease facilities, and U.S. jails. The book also explores the many faces of offenders -- young, old, male, female, and across many cultures.

The Second Edition of Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders recognizes that individuals who counsel offenders in the criminal justice system often have not had the extensive training of a licensed psychologist and this text is designed to provide readers with an understanding of the counseling process. The book explores practical knowledge of legal principles, appropriate and effective counselor attitudes, and the past and present protocols of American corrections.

Features and Benefits:

Each chapter begins with Chapter Highlights and Key Terms and ends with corresponding exercises and discussion questions. A section at the end of each chapter lists relevant Internet sites and suggested readings. The book includes Counselor/Offender role-play scenarios that prepare students for situations such as how to restore order over a group counseling session, handle their own personal feelings about an offender, and much more. An Instructor's Manual including test items and skill-building exercises is available.

New to the Second Edition:

Chapters have been reorganized to emphasize the importance of counselors creating an alliance with offenders. Discussions have been updated on topics such as multicultural counseling, counseling victims, counseling paraprofessionals, cognitive-behavioral counseling, multimodal counseling, brief counseling, and counseling outcome effectiveness. New chapters have been added on counseling criminal psychopaths, the role of emotions in the counseling process, counseling male and female offenders, and the relationship between trauma, addiction, and human behavior.

Primarily designed for criminal justice students taking correctional counseling courses, Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders, Second Edition is also a vital resource for any Criminal Justice, Social Work, Psychology, or Counseling practitioner interfacing with offenders.

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• Preface
• Contributors
• Chapter 1 Understanding Criminal Justice Counseling
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Introduction
• Protection of Society
• Rhetoric
• Supervision
• Communication
• Counseling versus Therapy
• Roles Criminal Justice Counselors Play
• Criminal Justice Counseling and Burnout
• Ethical Considerations in Criminal Justice Counseling
• Summary
• Matching Key Terms and Definitions
• Discussion Questions
• Counselor/Offender Role-Play Scenarios
• Internet Sites
• References
• Suggested Readings
• Chapter 2 Criminal Justice Counseling Process
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Introduction
• The Beginning of Counseling
• The Middle of Counseling
• The End of Counseling
• Summary
• Matching Key Terms and Definitions
• Discussion Questions
• Counselor/Offender Role-Play Scenarios
• Internet Sites
• References
• Suggested Readings
• Chapter 3 The Role and Importance of Emotions in Counseling Criminal
• Justice Offenders
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Introduction
• Development and Structure of the Brain
• Definition of Emotion
• Core Emotions
• Emotional Capacity and Development
• Emotions, Human Empathy, and Criminality
• Child Abuse, the Brain, and Counseling Offenders
• Summary
• Matching Key Terms and Definitions
• Discussion Questions
• Counselor/Offender Role-Play Scenarios
• Internet Sites
• References
• Suggested Readings
• Chapter 4 Counseling and the Criminal Justice Offender
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Introduction
• Young Offenders
• Adult Offenders
• Addicted and Substance-Abusing Offenders
• Disturbed Offenders
• Violent Offenders
• Female Offenders
• Ill Offenders
• Sex Offenders
• Resistant Offenders
• Incarcerated Offenders
• Multicultural and Ethnically Diverse Offenders
• Military Offenders
• Foreign Born Offenders
• Older and Elderly Offenders
• Mentally Retarded Offenders
• Summary
• Matching Key Terms and Definitions
• Discussion Questions
• Counselor/Offender Role-Play Scenarios
• Internet Sites
• References
• Suggested Readings
• Chapter 5 Counseling Differences in Male and Female Criminal Justice Offenders
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Introduction
• Female and Male Communication Differences
• Awareness Principles for Female and Male Criminal Justice Offenders
• Theodora Wells' Male/Female Awareness Exercise
• Summary
• Matching Key Terms and Definitions
• Discussion Questions
• Counselor/Offender Role-Play Scenarios
• Internet Sites
• References
• Suggested Readings
• Chapter 6 Treating the Criminal Psychopath
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Introduction
• Treatment Outcome
• Summary
• Matching Key Terms and Definitions
• Discussion Questions
• Counselor/Offender Role-Play Scenarios
• Internet Sites
• References
• Chapter 7 Trauma, the Addiction Model, and Repetitive Criminal Behavior
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Introduction
• The Brain and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• The Addiction Model
• Treatment of Trauma and Repetitive Criminality
• Summary
• Matching Key Terms and Definitions
• Counselor/Offender Role-Play Scenarios
• Discussion Questions
• Internet Sites
• References
• Suggested Readings
• Chapter 8 Ethical and Legal Concerns in Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Introduction
• Ethical Concerns and Confidentiality
• Ethical and Legal Issues Regarding Counseling Persons with AIDS and HIV within the Criminal Justice System
• Legal Issues Regarding Counseling Incarcerated Offenders
• Summary
• Matching Key Terms and Definitions
• Discussion Questions
• Counselor/Offender Role-Play Scenarios
• Internet Sites
• References
• Suggested Readings
• Chapter 9 Criminal Justice Counseling Modalities
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Introduction
• Criminal Justice Counseling Style and Technique
• Criminal Justice Counseling Modalities
• Other Approaches to Criminal Justice Counseling
• Summary
• Matching Key Terms and Definitions
• Discussion Questions
• Counselor/Offender Role-Play Scenarios
• Internet Sites
• References
• Suggested Readings
• Chapter 10 Effectiveness of Criminal Justice Counseling
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Introduction
• Studies of Criminal Justice Counseling Effectiveness
• Contemporary Thoughts on What Works in Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders
• Contemporary Criminal Justice Treatment Outcome Investigations
• Summary
• Matching Key Terms and Definitions
• Discussion Questions
• Internet Sites
• Counselor/Offender Role-Play Scenarios
• References
• Suggested Readings
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Authors

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Professor Ruth Masters has been teaching criminal justice counseling courses at California State University, Fresno since 1970. In addition, she has had hands-on, practical counseling experience in both adult and juvenile criminal justice systems. She has worked as a parole agent for the California Department of Corrections and the California Youth Authority. Her research can be described as a unique blending of theoretical and practical, which includes work in both corrections and law enforcement. Her textbook, Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders (1994), is published by Sage Publications. Dr. Masters is a member of American Society of Criminology; Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences; Western Society of Criminology; Women's Criminal Justice Association; California Probation, Parole and Correctional Association; and California State Juvenile Officers' Association. She received her master's degree in criminology from California State University, Fresno; and her bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.