Risk and Rehabilitation

Risk and Rehabilitation

Author: Pycroft, Aaron

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2012-10-10

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1447300203

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Substance misuse (including alcohol) and mental health problems constitute a significant proportion of the work carried out in the criminal justice system. Approaches to these often intractable problems have seen the rise of a dominant risk paradigm concerned with public protection and the use of coercion through court orders to access treatment. This original and valuable book considers notions of risk and rehabilitation in detail within the practice of those court orders, whilst contextualising them within a wider comparative literature and research base. The efficacy of these approaches, practice issues and innovations including for example therapeutic jurisprudence are analysed. Risk and rehabilitation also includes discussions of the implications for partnership working and the importance of reconfiguring the nature of rehabilitative relationships. This is a timely book as probation practice in the UK and elsewhere moves into a post 'what works' era, providing opportunities to review the evidence base for effective interventions.


Risk and Rehabilitation

Risk and Rehabilitation

Author: Aaron Pycroft

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9781447307778

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This title considers and analyses the increasing role of drug and mental health agencies in prisons. It includes coverage of relevant law and legal process within the chapters and explores the key features of service delivery, the partnership arrangements and the professional and ethical dilemmas that arise.


Redemption, Rehabilitation and Risk Management

Redemption, Rehabilitation and Risk Management

Author: George Mair

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-03-01

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1136651977

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Redemption, Rehabilitation and Risk Management provides the most accessible and up-to-date account of the origins and development of the Probation Service in England and Wales. The book explores and explains the changes that have taken place in the service, the pressures and tensions that have shaped change, and the role played by government, research, NAPO, and key individuals from its origins in the nineteenth century up to the plans for the service outlined by the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government. The probation service is a key agency in dealing with offenders; providing reports for the courts that assist sentencing decisions; supervizing released prisoners in the community and working with the victims of crime. Yet despite dealing with more offenders than the prison service, at lower cost and with reconviction rates that are lower than those associated with prisons, the Probation Service has been ignored, misrepresented, taken for granted and marginalized, and probation staff have been sneered at as ‘do-gooders’. The service as a whole is currently under serious threat as a result of budget cuts, organizational restructuring, changes in training, and increasingly punitive policies. This book details how probation has come to such a pass. By tracing the evolution of the probation service, Redemption, Rehabilitation and Risk Management not only sheds invaluable light on a much misunderstood criminal justice agency, but offers a unique examination of twentieth century criminal justice policy. It will be essential reading for students and academics in criminal justice and criminology.


Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation

Author: Tony Ward

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-05-04

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 113416937X

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This comprehensive book reviews the main theories of rehabilitation models and advocates that rehabilitation should focus both on promoting human goods (i.e., providing the offender with the essential ingredients for a 'good' life) as well as reducing/avoiding risk.


Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation

Author: Tony Ward

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-05-04

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1134169361

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Over the last two decades, empirical evidence has increasingly supported the view that it is possible to reduce re-offending rates by rehabilitating offenders rather than simply punishing them. In fact, the pendulum’s swing back from a pure punishment model to a rehabilitation model is arguably one of the most significant events in modern correctional policy. This comprehensive review argues that rehabilitation should focus both on promoting human goods (i.e. providing the offender with the essential ingredients for a 'good' life), as well as reducing/avoiding risk. Offering a succinct summary and critique of the scientific approach to offender rehabilitation, this intriguing volume for students of criminology, sociology and clinical psychology gives a comprehensive evaluation of both the Risk-Need Model and the Good Lives Model. Rehabilitation is a value-laden process involving a delicate balance of the needs and desires of clinicians, clients, the State and the public. Written by two international leading academics in rehabilitation research, this book argues that intervention with offenders is not simply a matter of implementing the best therapeutic technology and leaving political and social debate to politicians and policy makers.


The Essential Guide to Risk Management

The Essential Guide to Risk Management

Author: Kate Brewer

Publisher: Hcpro, a Division of Simplify Compliance

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781601462657

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The Essential Guide to Risk Management: Skills for Rehab Professionals Stuart H. Platt, PT, MSPT Dinah Brothers, RN, JD Each year, therapists continue to be cited or implicated in legal cases. Set up a risk management program in your facility using the advice provided in The Essential Guide to Risk Management: Skills for Rehab Professionals. Although you can't completely eliminate risk, you can prevent legal problems before they happen by using the field-tested business practices found in this resource. In this comprehensive resource, therapists will find: Plain-English descriptions of the law, so that you know your rights and responsibilities Practical tips to decrease liability Effective strategies to protect yourself and your license Actual case studies Tips to develop and maintain quality relationships with patients Instructions on the employment process Risk management is essential to every therapist's business This book and CD-ROM set takes on realistic scenarios to help you keep your practice out of hot water. It covers essential topics such as: Clinical practice issues How to obtain insurance and re-insurance The importance of risk assessments Strategies to handle loss management and more! Take a look at the table of contents: Chapter 1: Know the Law Chapter 2: Avoiding Illegal Discrimination Chapter 3: Liability and the hiring process Chapter 4: The Legal Significance of Policies and Procedures Chapter 5: Dealing with Problem Employees Chapter 6: Universal Physical Therapy Liability Risks Chapter 7: The liability Risks of the Physical Therapist Shortage Chapter 8: Protecting Yourself and Your License Do you think you are not at risk? Think again. A costly lawsuit could put an end to your practice. With The Essential Guide to Risk Management you'll be armed with the education you need to protect yourself and the other healthcare professionals around you. Bonus CD-ROM included! The accompanying CD-ROM features customizable tools and forms that are easy to modify, print, and fill out. This convenient format allows therapists to carry risk management tools with them at all times! Who will benefit? Physical therapist managers Directors of physical therapy Risk managers Directors of human resources Directors of quality/patient safety Staff development specialists


Dynamic Risk Factors

Dynamic Risk Factors

Author: Tony Ward

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-25

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1351968920

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Dynamic risk factors are the children of risk prediction. They were identified to help practitioners assess risk of recidivism and to set treatment targets likely to reduce reoffending. This resulted in the development of intervention programs designed to modify the characteristics of individuals and their environments associated with crime. The predictive nature of their legacy lies in their ability to provide reliable information about the likelihood of future reoffending. In this respect, dynamic risk factors are useful complements to static risk factors such as age, gender, and history of offending, and add incremental validity to recidivism prediction. Their treatment utility resides in the fact that practitioners increasingly rely on the identification of dynamic risk factors to direct correctional assessment and interventions. Thus, dynamic risk factors have a dual status. They are both useful predictors of reoffending and measures of risk status, and potential causes of reoffending, capable of serving an explanatory role as well as a predictive one. It is a simple and powerful conceptualization that has streamlined forensic and correctional research, program development, and the delivery of treatment. Despite its conceptual elegance we believe that the dual conceptualization of dynamic risk factors is problematic and these difficulties spill over into their role in assessment, assessment, treatment, and desistance contexts. In this publication, the nature and function of dynamic risk factors are investigated and their strengths and limitations identified. This book was originally published as a special issue of Psychology, Crime and Law.


The Lived Sentence

The Lived Sentence

Author: Maggie Hall

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-03-29

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 3319450387

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This book examines the lives of the sentenced to argue that 'sentencing' should be re-conceived to consider the human perspective. It combines a range of modern criminological and legal theories together with interviews with prisoners in New South Wales, to examine their lives during and beyond completing the terms of imprisonment, for a more continuous and coherent perspective on the process of 'sentencing'. This book makes a strong argument for the practical advantages of listening to the voices of the sentenced and it is therefore a useful tool for the correctional community engaged in providing services and programmes to reduce recidivism. A methodological and well-researched text, this book will be of particular interest to scholars of criminal justice and the penal system, as well as policy makers and practitioners.