Treating the Criminal Offender

Treating the Criminal Offender by Alexander B. Smith, Louis Berlin.

The second edition of Treating the Criminal Offender was written in an atmosphere of disillusionment and severe criticism of the traditionalist ap­ proach to treatment. As crime rates soared, the voices of the critics rose in volume and intensity. And so, this third edition-revised toward the end of...

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Main Authors: Smith, Alexander B. (Author), Berlin, Louis (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1988.
Edition:3rd ed. 1988.
Series:Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Criminology.
Political science.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Background
  • Crime, Social Attitudes, and Causation Theories
  • Probation and Parole
  • Punishment versus Treatment
  • Problems and Issues in Corrections
  • General Treatment Approaches
  • Treatment Modalities—Problems and Issues
  • Schools of Casework and Therapy
  • Group Therapies: Traditional and Innovative
  • Specific Treatment Approaches
  • Drug Addiction, Crime, and Treatment
  • Sexual Offenses and Their Treatment
  • The Violent Offender
  • Alcoholism and Crime
  • Crime and Marital Problems, and the Female Offender
  • Gambling, White-Collar Crime, and Organized Crime
  • New Directions
  • Current Trends in Corrections
  • Research in Corrections
  • Summary and Sources.

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