Overview
This book offers a fresh perspective on treating a population that is often demonized by policy-makers, the public, and even clinicians. The authors argue that most sex offenders are ""people like us,"" with the potential to lead meaningful, law-abiding lives -- if given a chance and appropriate support. They describe an empirically and theoretically grounded rehabilitation approach, the Good Lives Model, which can be integrated with the assessment and intervention approaches that clinicians already use. Drawing on the latest knowledge about factors promoting desistance from crime, the book discusses how encouraging naturally occurring desistance processes, and directly addressing barriers to community reintegration, can make treatment more effective and long lasting.
Full Product Details
Author: D. Richard Laws ,
Tony Ward (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Imprint: Guilford Publications
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.540kg
ISBN: 9781606239353
ISBN 10: 160623935
Pages: 306
Publication Date: 08 November 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
A well-written text that advances the discussion of what we, as a society, can and should do with sex offenders...In their present work, Laws and Ward have accelerated the pace of our exploration into the study of desistance from sex offending. - Robert Furey, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 56, No. 15, April 13, 2011 In an era of harsher sentences and stricter punishments, especially for sex offenders, this book is a breath of fresh air. Drawing on extensive clinical expertise and wisdom that comes from years of working with sex offenders, Laws and Ward provide an excellent guide to what needs to be done to help sex offenders change their lives and decrease recidivism. The Good Lives model is the future of sex offender treatment, and its concepts need to be incorporated into correctional programming. This book is an essential resource for clinicians, researchers, and policymakers. It would serve as a great text for courses on offender rehabilitation from a psychological or criminological perspective. Students would benefit from the excellent integration of research and theory into clinical practice, and would find the fresh perspective on rehabilitation to be eye opening. - Elizabeth L. Jeglic, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA Researchers and treatment specialists have long been waiting for a book on desistance from sexual offending. Laws and Ward's book is well worth the wait. From two of the most respected practitioner/researchers in the field, Desistance from Sex Offending is a paradigm changer in sex offender treatment and reintegration. - Shadd Maruna, Professor and Director, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Queen's University Belfast, UK
In an era of harsher sentences and stricter punishments, especially for sex offenders, this book is a breath of fresh air. Drawing on extensive clinical expertise and wisdom that comes from years of working with sex offenders, Laws and Ward provide an excellent guide to what needs to be done to help sex offenders change their lives and decrease recidivism. The Good Lives model is the future of sex offender treatment, and its concepts need to incorporated into correctional programming. This book is an essential resource for clinicians, researchers, and policymakers. It would serve as a great text for courses on offender rehabilitation from a psychological or criminological perspective. Students would benefit from the excellent integration of research and theory into clinical practice, and would find the fresh perspective on rehabilitation to be eye opening. - Elizabeth L. Jeglic, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA It is rare to find a book that integrates the psychological and criminological literature, particularly in the area of sex offender treatment. This important work offers a unique analysis of current treatment methods and proposes a promising model of offender rehabilitation. The authors acknowledge the complexity of factors that lead to offending and that motivate an individual to desist from offending. Their holistic, strengths-based approach, grounded in positive psychology, addresses the needs of both the offender and the community. This book will enhance the current practice of professionals who treat sex offenders, and holds promise for shifting the focus of the field. - Pamela M. Yates, Cabot Consulting and Research Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
A well-written text that advances the discussion of what we, as a society, can and should do with sex offenders...In their present work, Laws and Ward have accelerated the pace of our exploration into the study of desistance from sex offending. - Robert Furey, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 56, No. 15, April 13, 2011 In an era of harsher sentences and stricter punishments, especially for sex offenders, this book is a breath of fresh air. Drawing on extensive clinical expertise and wisdom that comes from years of working with sex offenders, Laws and Ward provide an excellent guide to what needs to be done to help sex offenders change their lives and decrease recidivism. The Good Lives model is the future of sex offender treatment, and its concepts need to be incorporated into correctional programming. This book is an essential resource for clinicians, researchers, and policymakers. It would serve as a great text for courses on offender rehabilitation from a psychological or criminological perspective. Students would benefit from the excellent integration of research and theory into clinical practice, and would find the fresh perspective on rehabilitation to be eye opening. - Elizabeth L. Jeglic, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA Researchers and treatment specialists have long been waiting for a book on desistance from sexual offending. Laws and Ward's book is well worth the wait. From two of the most respected practitioner/researchers in the field, Desistance from Sex Offending is a paradigm changer in sex offender treatment and reintegration. - Shadd Maruna, Professor and Director, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Queen's University Belfast, UK
Author Information
D. Richard Laws, PhD, Pacific Design Research, Victoria, BC, Canada, and Tony Ward, PhD, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
