Treating Sex Offenders: A Guide to Clinical Practice with Adults, Clerics, Children, and Adolescents, Second Edition (Haworth Criminal Justice, Forensic Behavioral Sciences & Offender Rehabilitation)

Gain important new insights into religious personnel who molest children! Treating Sex Offenders: A Guide to Clinical Practice with Adults, Clerics, Children, and Adolescents, Second Edition updates the groundbreaking original with new material that integrates adolescent and adult sex offenders, emphasizing similarities and differences in personality type, behavior, and treatment. Author William Prendergast draws on four decades' experience in working in the diagnosis and treatment of habitual sex offenders to present a straightforward look at what makes them tick. This vital new edition includes appropriate additions and changes to treatment techniques, progress reports on case study subjects, reader feedback on the original book, and perhaps most important, new information on religious personnel who molest children. Treating Sex Offenders provides training in clear language for those working with sexual offenders and explanations in simple terms for those suffering as a result of their actions. The book parallels workshops and courses conducted by the author, detailing how to identify major characteristics and traits of offenders, different types of offenders, child and adolescent offenders, how to recognize warning signs of deviant behavior, and how to apply specific treatment techniques that really work. Individual aspects of the makeup and treatment of the compulsive adult and adolescent sex offender are addressed through factors, traits, treatment, and candid cases studies. Treating Sex Offenders addresses the most vital issues involving sexual pathology, including: 
<ul>
<li> inadequate personality theory </li>
<li> sexual performance problems </li>
<li> imprinting </li>
<li> self-confrontation </li>
<li> sex as the chosen deviation </li>
<li> the five c's of sex offender treatment </li>
<li> and much more!</li>
</ul> Treating Sex Offenders: A Guide to Clinical Practice with Adults, Clerics, Children, and Adolescents, Second Edition is an essential resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, and those in the criminal justice field who deal with sex offenders on a daily basis. Family members involved in the lives of sex offenders and survivors of sexual abuse or assault will find the case studies enlightening in making sense of a tragic situation.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Pallone, Letitia C

Prendergast, William E

Mental Health

Routledge

Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Violent Crime: The Realities and the Myths (Monograph Published Simultaneously As the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1/2)

Learn the realities of the demographics of violent crime!Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Violent Crime: The Realities and the Myths confronts the “political correctness” that for nearly a quarter century has prevented full and frank discussion of the relationship between the variables named in its title. The issues addressed are currently at the forefront of journalistic, political, and public attention via the Governor of one of the nation's most populous states’admission of the reality of “criminal racial profiling” in law enforcement. This work will do much to lift the shroud of secrecy that has surrounded these matters for the last three decades. Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Violent Crime: The Realities and the Myths provides a rational basis both for crime prevention and for policies governing intervention in social and cultural development. This will facilitate protection against victimization and inhibit offending based on empirically grounded realities rather than cherished mythologies.Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Violent Crime: The Realities and the Myths delivers thoughtful, courageous discussions of these issues and more: 
<ul>
<li>blacks and whites as victims and offenders </li>
<li>race as a variable in imposing the death penalty </li>
<li>patterns of violent behavior and victimization among African-American youth </li>
<li>violence against gays and lesbians </li>
<li>violent victimization and fear of crime among Canadian aboriginals </li>
<li>violence rehabilitation programs for Australian aboriginal offendersRace, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Violent Crime: The Realities and the Myths is a solid overview of how the issue of race relates to criminal behavior. This unique book includes an analysis of data on the annual incidence of aggressive crime, such as homicide, sexual assault, and aggravated assault in relation to race. The book illuminates the contrasting proportional distribution of blacks and whites among victims and offenders as well as their representation in the general U.S. population.</li>
</ul>

Family Empowerment as an Intervention Strategy in Juvenile Delinquency

Use the Family Empowerment Intervention to combat recidivism in your young clients!Family Empowerment as an Intervention Strategy in Juvenile Delinquency presents the conceptual foundations and clinical techniques of a family empowerment intervention for juvenile offenders. This rigorously evaluated, innovative, low-cost intervention was provided in a large-scale clinical trial involving arrested youths who were processed at the Hillsborough County Juvenile Assessment Center in Florida. This valuable book provides you with detailed analyses of the long-term impact of this effective in-home intervention on youth’s recidivism and psychosocial functioning.In this book you’ll find a detailed overview of the Family Empowerment Intervention (FEI) that discusses: 
<ul>
<li>its theoretical foundations </li>
<li>what the intervention can accomplish </li>
<li>the various phases of the intervention </li>
<li>engaging families and moving them through the FEI to graduation </li>
<li>the role, selection, and training of Field Consultants who deliver the intervention </li>
<li>what you can do to ensure the integrity of FEI services </li>
<li>crisis intervention </li>
<li>staff and family safety issuesThen, Family Empowerment as an Intervention Strategy in Juvenile Delinquency presents the results of two studies of the long-term impact of the FEI on recidivism among the approximately 300 youths who participated in the program. The first study tracks recidivism, the second focuses on psychosocial functioning among these youths. The results may surprise you!Family Empowerment as an Intervention Strategy in Juvenile Delinquency will be of vital interest to every individual and organization serving high-risk youth, including juvenile diversion programs, juvenile justice agencies, and alternative schools.</li>
</ul>

Dembo, Richard

Teen & Young Adult

Use the Family Empowerment Intervention to combat recidivism in your young clients!Family Empowerment as an Intervention Strategy in Juvenile Delinquency presents the conceptual foundations and clinical techniques of a family empowerment intervention for juvenile offenders. This rigorously evaluated, innovative, low-cost intervention was provided in a large-scale clinical trial involving arrested youths who were processed at the Hillsborough County Juvenile Assessment Center in Florida. This valuable book provides you with detailed analyses of the long-term impact of this effective in-home intervention on youth’s recidivism and psychosocial functioning.In this book you’ll find a detailed overview of the Family Empowerment Intervention (FEI) that discusses: its theoretical foundations what the intervention can accomplish the various phases of the intervention engaging families and moving them through the FEI to graduation the role, selection, and training of Field Consultants who deliver the intervention what you can do to ensure the integrity of FEI services crisis intervention staff and family safety issuesThen, Family Empowerment as an Intervention Strategy in Juvenile Delinquency presents the results of two studies of the long-term impact of the FEI on recidivism among the approximately 300 youths who participated in the program. The first study tracks recidivism, the second focuses on psychosocial functioning among these youths. The results may surprise you!Family Empowerment as an Intervention Strategy in Juvenile Delinquency will be of vital interest to every individual and organization serving high-risk youth, including juvenile diversion programs, juvenile justice agencies, and alternative schools.

Explore the possibilities for successfully treating incarcerated or community-based substance abusers Substance Abuse Treatment with Correctional Clients: Practical Implications for Institutional and Community Settings provides key research findings and policy implications for treating alcohol- and drug-addicted correctional clients. This book addresses a range of critical issues associated with delivering treatment in institutional and community settings. The critical thinking questions, tables, extensive bibliographies, and name and subject index will help academics and practitioners in criminal justice, sociology, counseling/psychology, and public policy. Substance Abuse Treatment with Correctional Clients shares the practical knowledge of researchers and practitioners in the fields of drug and alcohol addictions, substance abuse counseling, and criminal justice. The first section provides a review of the theoretical explanations for substance abuse, best practice treatment programs for substance abusers, and the use of coerced/mandated treatment. The second section addresses the substance-addicted offender in the institutional setting, the third includes works that describe community-based treatment programs and the problems associated with them, and the fourth looks at special treatment populations, including juveniles and adolescent females. In Substance Abuse Treatment with Correctional Clients, you will find: 
<ul>
<li> reviews of various types of treatment programs being used to treat substance-addicted individuals 
</li>
<li> a study of the predictors of success and/or failure in corrections-based substance abuse programminghow to identify and use the predictors to prevent relapse 
</li>
<li> arguments for and against coerced treatment in the correctional environment, and the concept of motivation 
</li>
<li> a thorough investigation of the therapeutic community (TC) program for institutional-based substance abusers 
</li>
<li> descriptions of treatment programming designed specifically for substance abusing community corrections clientsdrug courts and Pennsylvania’s Restrictive Intermediate Punishment treatment program</li>
</ul>Substance Abuse Treatment with Correctional Clients guides you through the major policy issues faced by those who provide substance abuse treatment under what can only be described as coercive circumstances. In this important resource, you will discover major treatment modules as well as advice for working with adult, juvenile, and male or female offenders. This book provides you with the techniques that treatment communities need for helping offenders stay clean after they re-enter the community environment.

Substance Abuse Treatment with Correctional Clients: Practical Implications for Institutional and Community Settings (Haworth Criminal Justice, Forensic Behavioral Sciences, & Offender Rehabilitation)

Sims, Barbara

Addiction & Recovery

Substance abuse treatment with correctional clients

This volume brings together in a single source a set of perspectives by leaders in the clinical treatment of criminal offenders in outpatient settings, particularly those whose crimes have involved domestic violence and/or substance abuse. More than a set of “how to” techniques, it addresses the question of which offenders can successfully be treated in what settings by which techniques. It is a valuable resource not only for those concerned with prisons, probation, and parole, but also for those responsible for the delivery of mental health services in the community.

The Clinical Treatment of the Criminal Offender in Outpatient Mental Health Settings: New and Emerging Perspectives (Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation)

This volume brings together in a single source a set of perspectives by leaders in the clinical treatment of criminal offenders in outpatient settings, particularly those whose crimes have involved domestic violence and/or substance abuse. More than a set of “how to” techniques, it addresses the question of which offenders can successfully be treated in what settings by which techniques. It is a valuable resource not only for those concerned with prisons, probation, and parole, but also for those responsible for the delivery of mental health services in the community.

The Clinical Treatment of the Criminal Offender in Outpatient Mental Health Settings: New and Emerging Perspectives

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Treating Sex Offenders: A Guide to Clinical Practice with Adults, Clerics, Children, and Adolescents, Second Edition (Haworth Criminal Justice, Forensic Behavioral Sciences & Offender Rehabilitation)

Treating Sex Offenders: A Guide to Clinical Practice with Adults, Clerics, Children, and Adolescents, Second Edition (Haworth Criminal Justice, Forensic Behavioral Sciences & Offender Rehabilitation)

Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Violent Crime: The Realities and the Myths (Monograph Published Simultaneously As the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1/2)

Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Violent Crime: The Realities and the Myths (Monograph Published Simultaneously As the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1/2)

Family Empowerment as an Intervention Strategy in Juvenile Delinquency

Family Empowerment as an Intervention Strategy in Juvenile Delinquency

Substance Abuse Treatment with Correctional Clients: Practical Implications for Institutional and Community Settings (Haworth Criminal Justice, Forensic Behavioral Sciences, & Offender Rehabilitation)

Substance abuse treatment with correctional clients

The Clinical Treatment of the Criminal Offender in Outpatient Mental Health Settings: New and Emerging Perspectives (Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation)

The Clinical Treatment of the Criminal Offender in Outpatient Mental Health Settings: New and Emerging Perspectives