NCJ Number
127141
Date Published
1988
Length
426 pages
Annotation
This text provides an account of the state-of-the-art in treating offenders in general as well as specific types of offenders.
Abstract
Part I presents a historical account of how society has viewed the criminal and the punishment dispensed as a form of social control. The origins of probation and parole are identified, and their evolution to current practices and procedures are described. The moral and philosophical conflict between punishment and treatment is historically traced. Part II addresses general treatment methods. The presentation of casework in a court setting includes references to the various casework schools. A discussion of one-to-one treatment versus group therapy is discussed with attention to the authors' experiences in the practice of group therapy in a court setting. Part III details treatment methods for specific offender types, including the drug addict, the sexual offender, the violent offender, the alcoholic, the spouse batterer, the child abuser, the female offender, the gambler, the white-collar offender, and the organized-crime offender. Part IV discusses current trends such as the privatization of treatment and technological devices for monitoring offenders on probation and parole. Current research is described and assessed. Chapter notes and selected readings as well as a subject index