This unique text provides detailed information on career development interventions appropriate to use with some of the most common populations with whom... entry-level human service professionals often work.   This practical and new all-in-one reference includes coverage of the historical perspective of career counseling, career development theories, career assessments, employment campaign, and program development/evaluation. Written for associate- and bachelor-level human service professionals working with diverse populations, this new text allows students to see how to integrate these topics when developing their own personal approach to working with their clients.    Twelve chapters provide detailed information on career development interventions appropriate to use with some of the most common populations with whom entry-level human service professionals often work. Each of these chapters includes a case study, a description of the population, barriers to career success, interventions, programs, a career counseling program model, and services specific to the population.  Finally, the text also explores special topics pertinent to entry-level human service professionals: ethical issues, workplace issues of the 21st century, maintaining balance, diversity, workplace safety, supervision, and technology.

This text presents foundations of correctional intervention, including overviews of the major systems of therapeutic intervention, diagnosis of mental... illness, and correctional assessment and classification. Its detailed descriptions and cross-approach comparisons can help professionals better determine which of several techniques might be especially useful in their particular setting.Includes key concepts and terms as well as discussion questions.

Offering perspectives from twenty-one leading experts in the field, this book shows how to apply evidence-based counseling and treatment approaches to... offender rehabilitation. Each chapter includes summaries of the latest government reports, treatment guidelines, evidence-based counseling practices, research findings, trends and statistics, program evaluations, journal review articles, and meta-analyses. Discussion is on revitalizing the corrections profession, with an emphasis on rehabilitation policies and programs based on scientific evidence and treatment technology transfer. Complete and up-to-date, the book’s goal is to formalize ideas, raise issues, and document best practices from which effective programs can be replicated. Evidence-based approachoffers a variety of offender treatment and rehabilitation approaches that have demonstrated effectiveness.  Perspectives from twenty-one contributors help guide readers through the process and steps in counseling and treatment.  A look at best practices in individual and group counselingthrough the book’s definitions and illustrations.  Findings from a national survey (conducted by the book editor)offer results from 25 different state departments of corrections and the correctional facilities under their jurisdiction. The market for this up-to-date multi-authored book will be college and university libraries, state and county criminal justice as well as juvenile justice agencies, and federal criminal justice agency libraries.

Today, the role of the correctional counselor is vitally important as policy makers, courts, and correctional personnel seek effective and efficient... ways to handle increasing prison and jail populations. The fifth edition of Kratcoski’s extensive collection remains true to the nature of previous, highly regarded editions. It contains relevant, understandable articles that offer students realistic insights into the most widely used techniques applied to juveniles and adults in both institutional and community settings. Fifteen new selections combine with eighteen remaining articles to provide authoritative analysis and perspectives. Kratcoski’s section introductions contextualize and explain the relevance of each article. Readers will find this outstanding collection to be a valuable resource on counseling and treatment techniques and programs, as well as their effects, in a wide range of correctional settings.

CORRECTIONAL LEADERSHIP examines how organizational culture is related to effective correctional leadership. It highlights the importance of changing... trends in corrections, specifically institutional corrections. The text also illustrates the advantages of viewing the operations of prisons in various ways for successful adaptation to changing political, economic, and social environments of the outside world. This text shows why leadership is a central factor in prison effectiveness.

Correctional Mental Health is a broad-based, balanced guide for students who are learning to treat criminal offenders in a correctional mental health... practice. Featuring a wide selection of readings, this edited text offers a thorough grounding in theory, current research, professional practice, and clinical experience. It emphasizes a biopsychosocial approach to caring for the estimated 20% of all U.S. prisoners who have a serious mental disorder. Providing a balance between theoretical and practical perspectives throughout, the text also provides readers with a big-picture framework for assessing current correctional mental health and criminal justice issues, offering clear strategies for addressing these challenges.

This accessible book identifies and evaluates the major competing theories used to guide the goals, policies, and practices of the correctional system.... The authors demonstrate that changes in theories can legitimize changing ways of treating and punishing offenders, and they help readers understand how changes in the social and political context of U.S. society impact correctional theory and policy. Designed to motivate readers to become sophisticated consumers of correctional information, the book emphasizes the importance of using evidence-based information to guide decisions, rather than relying on nonscientific commonsense or ideology-based beliefs.

The First Edition of this outstanding volume became a favorite choice among instructors who wanted to offer their students a concise yet thorough... introduction to the correctional system. The Second Edition remains an uncluttered, authoritative synthesis of the key elements of the field--from policies, contexts, facilities, and agencies to correctional clientele, programs, personnel, organizations, and issues. Each topic is discussed both individually and in terms of how the parts mutually influence the whole. The Second Edition's manageability, organization, low cost, and the author's use of easy-to-understand language make it a powerful tool for instruction. In addition, questions at the end of each chapter direct students' attention to valuable insights and stimulate critical thinking. Outstanding features include: 1) updated statistics, including the unprecedented blanket commutation of all death sentences in Illinois; 2) charts, graphs, and photographs that visually enhance the text; 3) boxed examples of real-life issues, accompanied by related, probing questions; and 4) a thorough listing of each chapter's sources, including easy-to-access Web sites.

Covers the contemporary world of corrections by linking theory and practice, highlighting the importance of policy, and integrating diversity. ...   Corrections: A Contemporary Introduction  examines the nature and application of corrections and punishment and provides an overview of criminological, historical, legal, and policy-oriented works. This text discusses the foundations of corrections and relates them to contemporary correctional issues. This text encourages critical thinking about the future direction corrections should take.  Valuable for both Criminal Justice career-oriented students and informed consumers of crime news and information.   Three major themes in the book: §         Links theory and practice §         Highlights the importance of policy §         Integrates diversity- gender and race/ethnicity are covered in each chapter  

The only text to take a critical approach to the field of corrections, "Corrections" offers a unique and refreshing presentation that encourages... students to think analytically about punishment. Establishing a greater social context, "Corrections" addresses the political, economic, religious, and technological forces that affect the corrections system. The book consistently introduces clear, meaningful, and exciting examples that illustrate various issues and concepts addressed.