The Practice of Correctional Psychology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ternes, Marguerite (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Magaletta, Philip R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Patry, Marc W. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Law and Psychology.

This highly accessible volume tours the competencies and challenges relating to contemporary mental health service delivery in correctional settings. Balancing the general and specific knowledge needed for conducting effective therapy in jails and prisons, leading experts present eclectic theoretica...

Table of Contents:

• The Practice of Correctional Psychology
• Assessing and Treating Offenders with Mental Illness
• Substance Use Disorders in Correctional Populations
• Assessing and Treating Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities
• Assessing and Treating Women Offenders
• Assessing and Treating Youth Offenders
• Assessing and Treating Violent Offenders
• Assessing and Treating Psychopaths
• Assessing and Treating Men who have Committed Sexual Offenses
• Assessing and Treating Radicalized Offenders
• Self-Harm/Suicidality in Corrections
• Correctional Staff: The Issue of Job Stress
• Approaching Correctional Treatment from a Programmatic Standpoint: Risk-Need-Responsivity and Beyond.