Correctional Counseling and Rehabilitation
Emily J. Salisbury, Patricia Van Voorhis
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Correctional Counseling and Rehabilitation
Emily J. Salisbury, Patricia Van Voorhis
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This text presents the foundations of correctional treatment and intervention, including overviews of the major therapeutic modalities that are effective when intervening with justice-involved individuals to reduce ongoing system involvement and improve well-being. The text also focuses on diagnosis of mental illness, correctional assessment and classification, case planning strategies, and the necessary counseling and human service skills for working alongside system-involved people.
Specific chapters focus on working with women, individuals struggling with substance abuse, and clients with severely antisocial behavior such as psychopathy. Written to help students prepare for a career in correctional counseling or forensic social work, the book also assists working professionals (e.g., institutional and community corrections staff) to determine which strategies might be most effective with their clients. Revised using person-centered language, the tenth edition includes a new chapter focused on the necessary relational skills that probation and parole officers must have to be agents of behavior change. The content is divided into four parts: (1) A Professional Framework for Correctional Counseling; (2) Client Assessment, Diagnosis, Classification, and Case Planning; (3) Contemporary Approaches for Correctional Counseling and Treatment, and (4) Effective Correctional Interventions for Special Populations.
This book is appropriate for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Psychology, and Social Work programs, as well as correctional practitioners looking for professional development to enhance behavior change among clients.
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Part IA Professional Framework for Correctional Counseling
Chapter 1The Process of Correctional Counseling and Treatment
John has been in prison for two years. He is a likable guy who works in the prison library. Usually quiet, John has a remarkable talent for repairing damaged books. He has saved the prison library hundreds of dollars by his efforts.As his counselor, you try to see him at least once a month to find out how he is getting along. He always indicates that he is doing all right and that he is optimistic regarding his parole hearing, which is only nine months away. John has some reason to feel good about his chances for making parole—this is his first time being involved in the justice system. As a result of getting into a drunken brawl at a bar and seriously injuring another man, he was sentenced to six years in the state penitentiary. Although John had experienced severe drinking problems for a number of years, fighting had never been a part of the problem. Since being in prison, he has completed intensive substance use therapy, joined Alcoholics Anonymous, and has even successfully completed several college-level courses in library science. Needless to say, counseling John is a pleasant experience for the most part because of his own motivation.However, in the last several weeks John’s behavior and attitude have changed. His wife, who has been visiting him faithfully every Sunday, has not shown up for the last two visitation days. The cell block rumor is that she is seeing another man and is planning to file for divorce. To make matters worse, the man she is involved with is an alcoholic himself. John has quit coming to work and keeps to himself in the cell block. He has also been losing weight and looks haggard and distraught.
- Introduce you to some of the professional and human dimensions of the correctional counseling process.
- Help you to better understand characteristics of justice-involved clients and correctional counselors.
- Explore the role of diagnosis and classification in the treatment of people involved in the justice system.
- Examine a variety of correctional counseling approaches.
- Explain how correctional counseling has changed in theory and practice.
- Consider selected special issues and problems in counseling the system-impacted population.