Counseling, treatment, and intervention methods with juvenile and adult offenders /

Both a guide for students learning to counsel offenders and a resource for professionals, this book discusses how to counsel a broad range of juvenile and adult offenders. Rudolph Alexander, Jr., presents a carefully selected array of treatment programs designed around theories proven successful by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander, Rudolph, Jr., 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, [2000]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Correctional Counseling and Intervention: Introduction and Critical Issues 1
  • Background of Counseling 1
  • Rehabilitation, Treatment, and Mental Health 4
  • Additional Clinical Definitions 6
  • The Development of the Medical Model 7
  • Treatment Research 9
  • The Responses to Martinson 10
  • Criminal Justice Clients and Counseling Environments 12
  • Critical Issues in Counseling 13
  • The Difficulty of Changing Criminal Behavior 13
  • Developing a Proper Rehabilitative Treatment Program for Offenders 16
  • Contemporary Counseling Focus 18
  • Ethical Issues in Counseling Offenders 22
  • Macro Ethical Concerns 23
  • Micro Ethical Concerns 26
  • Qualification and Training for Criminal Justice Counselors 28
  • 2 Legal Issues in Correctional Treatment 31
  • Where Do Prisoners' Treatment Rights Come From? 33
  • Constitutional Amendments that Determine Correctional Treatment 34
  • Bridging the Bill of Rights into the Fourteenth Amendment 35
  • Cruel and Unusual Punishment 35
  • Liberty, Property, Due Process, and Equal Protection 36
  • Reasonableness Test 38
  • Civil Rights Act of 1871 39
  • Criteria for Civil Commitment 40
  • The Right to Rehabilitation in Adult Prisons 40
  • The Right to Rehabilitation in Juvenile Institutions 42
  • Early Judicial Rulings 42
  • How Juveniles Have a Right to Rehabilitation 45
  • The Right to Habilitation 47
  • The Right to Mental Health or Psychiatric Treatment 47
  • The Right to Refuse Mental Health Treatment 49
  • Washington v. Harper 50
  • The Right to Refuse Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotic Anonymous Treatment 51
  • Involuntary Treatment of Sex Offenders 52
  • Gender and Equal Protection in Prison Treatment Programs 54
  • 3 Treatment Theories 58
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Theory and Therapy 60
  • Theoretical Constructs 60
  • Therapeutic Techniques 63
  • A Feminist Version of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy 70
  • Behavioral Theories 72
  • Behavior Therapy 72
  • Behavioral Modification 76
  • Psychoanalytic Theory 78
  • Logotherapy 80
  • Afrocentric Theory 82
  • Feminist Theory 85
  • Social Bonding Theory 90
  • System Theory 92
  • Reality Therapy 95
  • Applicability of Aforementioned Theories to Individual and Group Counseling 98
  • 4 Screening, Assessment, and Diagnosis in Correctional Treatment 101
  • Criminal Justice Interviewing 102
  • Motivational Interviewing 104
  • Diagnostic Guides 104
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 105
  • Psychopathy 109
  • Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV (SCID) 110
  • Training Guides for the DSM-IV 110
  • Conducting a Mental Status Examination 111
  • Clinical Assessment 112
  • Critical Issues in Assessment 113
  • Malingering and Its Detection 114
  • Assessment of Offenders' Common Problems 115
  • Assessment of Juvenile and Adult Criminal Attitudes 115
  • Adult Substance Abuse Assessment 116
  • Assessment of Women with Substance Abuse 118
  • Assessment and Screening of Adolescents in the Justice System 118
  • Dual Diagnosis Assessment: Substance Abuse and Mental Disorders 119
  • Assessment of Sexual Victimization 123
  • Assessment of Juveniles' Sexual Offending 125
  • Assessment of Juveniles for Alcohol and Other Drugs 126
  • Selected Assessment Tools 130
  • 5 Individual Counseling Processes 131
  • Psychoanalytic Principles and Individual Counseling 132
  • The Helping Relationship 133
  • Empathy 135
  • Respect and Positive Regard 137
  • Genuineness 138
  • Warmth 138
  • Concreteness 139
  • Immediacy 139
  • Cultural Awareness 139
  • Gender Awareness 142
  • Stages of Counseling 143
  • Engagement 144
  • The Importance of the Initial Correction Interview 144
  • The Initial Interview 146
  • Problem Identification 146
  • Pattern Search 146
  • Change 148
  • Termination 149
  • Crisis Intervention 150
  • Treatment of a Crisis 152
  • Establishing Treatment Goals 153
  • Treatment Implementation 153
  • Termination of Crisis Intervention 153
  • Case Management 154
  • Cop/Police Officer 154
  • Friend 154
  • Confidant 155
  • Adviser 155
  • Teacher 156
  • Moral Guider 156
  • Parent/Nurturer 156
  • Change Agent 157
  • Crisis Intervener 157
  • Role Model 157
  • Consultant 157
  • Social Influencer 157
  • Resource Broker/Advocate 158
  • Program Manager 158
  • 6 Group Treatment Processes 160
  • Differences Between Therapy Groups and Self-Help Groups 162
  • Benefits of Group Counseling 163
  • The Installation of Hope 164
  • Universality of Experiences 164
  • The Imparting of Information 164
  • Altruism 164
  • The Corrective Recapitulation of the Primary Family Group 165
  • The Development of Socializing Techniques 165
  • Imitative Behavior 165
  • Interpersonal Learning 166
  • Group Cohesiveness 166
  • Catharsis 166
  • Existential Factors 166
  • Types of Groups 167
  • Therapy Groups 167
  • Structured Groups 168
  • Marathon Groups 168
  • Encounter Groups 169
  • Group Size 170
  • Selection of Group Members 171
  • Group Roles 171
  • Leaders' Personal Characteristics 172
  • Group Dynamics 175
  • Group Stages 177
  • Support of Current Lifestyles 177
  • Anger at Authority 177
  • Self-Revelation 178
  • Working Through Problems 178
  • New Ways of Relating 178
  • Ending Stage 179
  • Group Strategies 179
  • Pre-Group Strategies 179
  • Strategies to Facilitate Group Dynamics 180
  • Strategies to Change Offenders 181
  • Warm-Up 182
  • Paradoxical Intention 182
  • Cognitive Click 182
  • Mirroring 183
  • Hidden Reasons 183
  • Reorientation 183
  • Social Skills Techniques 183
  • Modeling 184
  • Role-Playing 185
  • Prompting 185
  • Homework 185
  • Feedback 185
  • Group Discussion Topics 187
  • Group versus Individual Counseling 188
  • 7 Treating Female Juvenile Offenders 190
  • The Context of Treating Female Juvenile Offenders 191
  • Issues of Minority Females 194
  • Techniques and Procedures of Treating Female Juvenile Offenders 196
  • Treatment for Sexual Victimization 196
  • Treatment for Adolescents Who Run Away 197
  • Adolescent Drug Treatment 198
  • Treatment for Sex-Related Problems Associated with Drugs and Alcohol 201
  • Specific Programs for Juvenile Females 203
  • Intervention Programs Researched 203
  • Adolescent Mothers Who Use Drugs 203
  • Treatment of Sexually Abused Girls 204
  • Treatment for Delinquent Females 205
  • Intervention Programs Not Researched 207
  • Treating Adolescents Who Have Been Sexually Abused 207
  • Intervention with Females with General Delinquency Problems 209
  • 8 Treating Male Juvenile Offenders 213
  • The Context of Treating Male Juvenile Offenders 214
  • Techniques and Procedures of Treating Male Juvenile Offenders 216
  • Treating Juveniles Who Commit Homicides 216
  • Treating Aggressive Juveniles 217
  • Treating Juvenile Sex Offenders 219
  • Treating Juveniles with Alcohol and Drug Problems 230
  • Treating a Disruptive, Dually Diagnosed Adolescent 231
  • Researched Intervention Programs 232
  • Treating Delinquent Behavior 232
  • Treatment for Violent Delinquents 233
  • Boot Camps 236
  • Unresearched Programs and Interventions 237
  • Treatment of Juvenile Probationers 237
  • Wilderness Camps 238
  • Afrocentric Programming 239
  • 9 Treating Female Adult Offenders 244
  • The Context of Treating Female Adult Offenders 245
  • Techniques and Procedures of Treating Female Adult Offenders 249
  • Strategies in the Treatment of Female Substance Abusers 249
  • Treating Female Sex Offenders 255
  • Researched Programs and Interventions 256
  • Drug Treatment for Female Prisoners and Parolees 256
  • Treating Dually Diagnosed Females 257
  • Treating Pregnant Substance-Abusing Females 258
  • Treating Substance-Abusing Parents 259
  • Treating Traumatized Female Prisoners 261
  • Unresearched Programs and Interventions 262
  • Afrocentric Drug Programs 262
  • Solution-Focused Intervention for Alcohol-Dependent Mothers 267
  • 10 Treating Male Adult Offenders 270
  • The Context of Treating Male Adult Offenders 271
  • Techniques and Procedures of Treating Male Adult Offenders 274
  • Treating Anger in Males 274
  • Treating Sex Offenders 275
  • Treating Substance Abuse 280
  • Researched Programs and Interventions 281
  • Domestic
  • Violence 281
  • Anger Management with Offenders 283
  • Treating High-Risk Probationers 285
  • Treating General Offenders 287
  • Treating Clinically Depressed Prisoners 288
  • Treating Sex Offenders 289
  • Treating Prisoners with Substance Abuse Problems 291
  • Unresearched Programs and Interventions 292
  • Drug Programs 292
  • Intervention in a Community-Based Therapeutic Community 295
  • An Afrocentric Intervention for Prisoners 296
  • 11 Treating and Intervention with Special Offender Populations 298
  • Context of Jail Detainees 299
  • Interventions with Jail Detainees 300
  • Context of Gang Members 303
  • Intervention for Female Gang Members 303
  • Intervention Approaches with Adolescent Gangs 304
  • Context of Developmentally Disabled Offenders 308
  • Intervention Applicable to Mentally Retarded Offenders 309
  • Context of Mentally Ill Offenders 310
  • Interventions Applicable to Mentally Ill Offenders 310
  • Treating Dually Diagnosed Offenders 312
  • Intervention with Psychopaths 316
  • Context of Elderly Offenders 316
  • Interventions Applicable to Elderly Offenders 317
  • Context of Prisoners on Death Row 320
  • Intervention for Prisoners on Death Row 321