With contributions from an international panel of experts in the field, The Wiley International Handbook of Correctional Psychology offers a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the most relevant topics concerning the practice of psychology in correctional systems.

Table of Contents

• About the Editors
• Notes on the Contributors
• Correctional Psychology: A Short History and Current Standing
• Being Ethical Psychologists in Correction Settings
• The American Psychological Association's Misuse of the Role of Psychologist-as-Organizational-Consultant to Torture: Where Was the “Bright Line” Position?
• The Effects of Imprisonment
• Violence and the Pains of Confinement: PRISM as a Promising Paradigm for Violence Prevention
• Managing Difficult and Disruptive Prisoners
• Managing Suicide and Self-Harm
• Solitary Confinement and Punishment: Effects on Misconducts and Recidivism
• The Challenge of Managing Aging Prisoners
• The Challenge of Managing Offenders With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Through Secure and Community Service Pathways
• Families, Parenting, and Visits in Prison
• The Psychology of Violent Offending
• The Psychology of Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse
• The Serious and Violent Young Offender: Examining the Multi-Domain Risk Profile, Mental Health, and Treatment Intervention Strategies
• The Psychology of Sexual Offending
• Severe Mental Illness: Crime, Antisocial and Aggressive Behavior
• Personality Disorders and Offending
• Indigenous Offenders: Issues and Challenges for Correctional Psychologists
• Female Offenders: Trends, Effective Practices, and Ongoing Debates
• The Psychology of Desistance
• Psychologically Relevant Theories of Crime and Offender Rehabilitation
• Offender Rehabilitation and Theories of Behavior Change
• Program Integrity: A Network Issue
• Measuring the Intermediate Effects of Offense-Focused Intervention on Offenders
• Treatment Outcome Evaluations: How Do We Know What Works?
• Evaluating and Managing Risk for Violence Using Structured Professional Judgment
• The Roles of the Risk Estimate and Clinical Information in Risk Assessments
• Offender Risk and Need Assessment: Theory, Research, and Applications
• Case Formulation and Treatment Planning
• Psychological Assessment in the Correctional Setting
• Interventions to Reduce Recidivism in Adult Violent Offenders
• Effective Sex Offender Treatment in Correctional Settings: A Strengths-Based Approach
• Treating Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse
• Interventions to Reduce Alcohol-Related Offending
• Prison Substance Misuse Interventions and Offending
• An Examination of Individual Versus Group Treatment in Correctional Settings
• Communal Living as the Agent of Change
• Integrating Motivational Interviewing with Risk-Need-Responsivity-Based Practice in Community Corrections: Collaboratively Focusing on What Matters Most
• What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) With Offenders?
• Criminal Thinking: Theory and Practice
• Schema Therapy in Forensic Settings
• New Developments in Interventions for Working With Offending Behavior
• Traditional and Innovative Reentry Approaches and Interventions
• Recognizing the Importance of Effective Practices in Community Correctional Supervision
• Integrating Dynamic Risk Assessment Into Community Supervision Practice
• “What Works” in Supervising Probationers with Mental Illness
• Community Treatment: The Need for a Taxonomy
• Correctional Psychology: Contemplating the Future