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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823430203321

Autore

Day Andrew

Titolo

Transitions to better lives : offender readiness and rehabilitation / / [edited by] Andrew Day. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cullompton, Devon, : Willan Pub., 2010

Cullompton, Devon ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Willan Publishing, , 2010

ISBN

1-134-02702-8

1-134-02695-1

1-282-55552-9

9786612555527

1-84392-720-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DayAndrew, Professor

Disciplina

365.66

365/.661

Soggetti

Criminals - Rehabilitation

Recidivism

Criminal psychology

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 (p. 254-288) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. What is treatment readiness? -- pt. 2. Readiness and offenders -- pt. 3. Clinical and therapeutic approaches to working with low levels of readiness.

Sommario/riassunto

Transitions to Better Lives aims to describe, collate, and summarize a body of recent research - both theoretical and empirical - that explores the issue of treatment readiness in offender programming. It is divided into three sections:part one unpacks a model of treatment readiness, and explains how it has been operationalizedpart two discusses how the construct has been applied to the treatment of different offender groupspart three iscusses some of the practice approaches that have been identified as holding promise in addressing low levels of of