The Re-Emergence of Correctional Intervention [Paperback]

In this decade, growth-centred intervention has re-emerged as a legitimate approach to the rehabilitation of criminals and now plays an accepted role with serious offenders. This role involves skill-development methods, control//surveillance techniques, psychologically oriented programmes and combinations of these procedures. This book describes the role - past, present and future - of rehabilitation within the context of other correctional approaches including the justice model philosophy. Palmer presents an intervention framework and a related theoretical structure that can assist in programme development, in intervention planning for offenders and in understanding as well as evaluating change processes.In this decade, growth-centred intervention has re-emerged as a legitimate approach to the rehabilitation of criminals and now plays an accepted role with serious offenders. This role involves skill-development methods, control//surveillance techniques, psychologically oriented programmes and combinations of these procedures. This book describes the role - past, present and future - of rehabilitation within the context of other correctional approaches including the justice model philosophy. Palmer presents an intervention framework and a related theoretical structure that can assist in programme development, in intervention planning for offenders and in understanding as well as evaluating change processes.Introduction
PART ONE: THE RE-EMERGENCE OF INTERVENTION
Major Themes in Intervention
Status of Intervention in the Early to Mid-1980s
Developments in Intervention since 1984-1985
Meta-Analyses and Literature Reviews
Intensive Supervision in Probation and Aftercare
PART TWO: INTERVENTION IN THE 1990s AND BEYOND
Challenges of the Coming Decades
Broader Perspectives for Serious Young Offenders
Developmental Factors
Further Observations and Issues&llS'