Offender Rehabilitation in Practice: Implementing and Evaluating Effective Programs [Paperback]

Gary A. Bernfeld (Editor), David P. Farrington (Editor), Alan W. Leschied (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 12, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0471720267 | ISBN-13: 978-0471720263 | Edition: 1

Documented evidence suggests that community safety is best achieved through policies promoting human services rather than relying totally on prisons and that promoting intervention in an individual's own environment (known as 'ecological integrity') is closely associated with effective intervention.

This is the first book to focus on the transfer of knowledge of worldwide effective offender rehabilitation programs. Prominent researchers and practitioners in the criminal justice field have contributed their extensive knowledge of what it takes to implement effective correctional practices with ecological integrity.


* Reviews "real world" challenges of program effectiveness and survival


* Offers effective, evidence based, innovative alternatives to imprisonment of offenders


* Offers a common multi-level systems perspective as a framework for the international case studies featured


* The first book to focus on the transfer of knowledge and best practice through the concept of "technology transfer"

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...For a reader interested in a broad and theoretical review...this book is to be recommended..." (Forensic Update, July 2002)

From the Back Cover

Offender Rehabilitation in Practice is the first book in its field to reconcile the perspectives of both researchers and practitioners. Bernfeld, Farrington and Leschied go beyond the concept of "what works", by combining a review of this knowledge, with an effective guidebook on the implementation of state-of-the-art programs in the field.

Divided into three parts, all the chapters have either a programmatic, or an economic, or a policy focus. Part I discusses key issues in operational effectiveness. Part II details implementation issues arising from specific programs. Part III takes a much broader view by reviewing the experiences of those involved in the implementation of, the evaluation of, and consultation for correctional programs across multiple sites.

With its emphasis on technology transfer, Offender Rehabilitation in Practice will be invaluable to a wide range of professionals in the adult and juvenile correctional field, including practitioners, administrators, policymakers and researchers.

This book is published in the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (September 12, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471720267
• ISBN-13: 978-0471720263
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,609,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars For the advanced correctional specialist, April 11, 2005

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Richard Parker (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Offender Rehabilitation in Practice: Implementing and Evaluating Effective Programs (Paperback)

This book is a must-have for those who are seriously interested in making correctional programs work. Readers should be pretty familiar with the "What Works" literature, so it would not suit someone buying their first WW book.