Blanchette / Brown The Assessment and Treatment of Women Offenders

An Integrative Perspective
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-470-86463-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology

There is a large body of research that provides guidance for thoseworking with offenders on how they should be treated once they arein the correctional system. The problem is that most, if not allthis research has been conducted on all male populations and it isassumed that women offenders are the same. However, women havedifferent needs and support systems than men in some areas of theirlives and it is unclear whether all research based on men can begeneralized in this way.
The book provides a review of the research literature to guideevidence-based practice in the assessment and treatment of adultfemale offenders. An historical overview of women's crime andimprisonment will be followed by a global review of varioustheories of female criminality. The remainder of the bookreviews the psychology of criminal conduct, with a specific focuson three psychological principles of effective intervention: risk,need and responsivity. Respectively, these principles set the"who", "what" and "how" forcorrectional intervention.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blanchette, Kelley

Brown, Shelley L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Authors.
Series Editors' Preface.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1. The Extent and Nature of Female Offending and IncarcerationPatterns.
2. Theories of Female Offending.
3. Assessment for Classification of Women Offenders.
4. Assessing Women's Risk.
5. Assessing Women's Needs.
6. Responsivity, Treatment and Women Offenders.
7. Conclusion.
References.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Kelley Blanchette completed her doctorate in forensic psychology at Carleton University, Ottawa, 10 2005. Her dissertation was focused on the development and field validation of a gender-informed security classification scale for women offenders. The scale has subsequently been implemented into national practice within the Canadian federal correctional system.Dr. Blanchette has been working with the Research Branch, Correctional Service of Canada, since 1993. She is currently the Director of Women Offender Research, and she has published extensively in this area.Shelley Brown completed her doctorate in forensic psychology at Queen's University, Kingston in 2002. Her dissertation focused on understanding the criminal recidivism process with a specific interest in exploring how changes in dynamic risk factors influence criminal recidivism.Dr. Brown has over ten years' experience working with the Research branch, Correctional Service of Canada. During this time her research with women focused primarily on developing gender-informed assessment strategies. Currently, she is the Research Advisor to the National Parole Board of Canada. She is also an adjunct professor with Carleton University and teaches a criminology research methods course.