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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814111203321

Autore

Palmer Ted

Titolo

The re-emergence of correctional intervention / / Ted Palmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newbury Park, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 1992

©1992

ISBN

1-4833-2600-4

1-4522-4608-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 229 pages)

Disciplina

365.973

Soggetti

Corrections

Corrections - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. The re-emergence of intervention -- part II. Intervention in the 1990s and beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

In this decade, growth-centred intervention has re-emerged as a legitimate approach to the rehabilitation of criminals and now plays an accepted role with serious offenders. This role involves skill-development methods, control//surveillance techniques, psychologically oriented programmes and combinations of these procedures. This book describes the role - past, present and future - of rehabilitation within the context of other correctional approaches including the justice model philosophy. Palmer presents an intervention framework and a related theoretical structure that can assist in program