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Correctional Counseling: A Cognitive Growth Perspective, Second Edition

Author(s): Key Sun, PhD, MSW, Central Washington University
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763799373
  • Paperback    238 pages      © 2013
Price: International Sales $80.95 US List
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Overview

The cognitive growth model maintains that correctional counseling is intended to help offenders balance their lives and important relations through developing more accurate social cognitions and understanding about the self, others, and patterns governing their interactions. This updated Second Edition employs the cognitive growth model to examine the major contemporary issues in correctional counseling and thoroughly explains how to use the model to fully understand and effectively perform correctional counseling. Correctional Counseling: A Cognitive Growth Perspective discusses such issues as, the counselor roles, work settings and challenges, offender classification and assessment, counseling processes, intervention/therapeutic techniques, and more. With this text the reader will learn how to respond to correctional clients and help them cope with their issues in the community and within prison.

New to the Second Edition:

  • A NEW chapter (Chapter 11) on understanding and treating substance abuse has been added to address the increasing issue of substance abuse for the offender population.
  • Includes a NEW chapter (Chapter 12) on restorative justice. This chapter examines the skills and principles of restorative justice and addresses the needs of the victim, community, and the offender.
  • Contains updated crime statistics, further examines the issue of prisoner reentry, and provides additional information on drug/mental health courts.
  • Includes an expanded discussion on art therapy for assessment, and focuses on its techniques and benefits.
  • The chapter on counseling processes (Chapter 7) has been updated to include coverage on the issue of a gender-sensitive approach in counseling female offenders, and assessment and intervention for juvenile offenders.
  • The chapter on mentally disordered offenders (Chapter 10) includes an expanded discussion on research about mental illness and violence, and further analyzes the debate between social cognitive explanation and the biomedical explanation for mental disorder.

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  • Comprehensive in coverage, this text includes discussions on all major issues in contemporary correctional counseling (correctional counselors' roles, settings and challenges, major systems of therapeutic models, counseling processes, ethical dilemmas, etc.).  Readers gain a wide-range of knowledge about correctional counseling theories and practice.
  • Although comprehensive, all discussions remain concise so that the reader can focus on and learn the most relevant and useful knowledge needed to succeed in the field.
  • Describes controversial issues in correctional counseling, including the limitations of counseling models and multidisciplinary perspectives for evidence-based counseling. This text encourages the reader to think critically and analyze the correctional issues being discussed.
  • Instructor resouces include an Instructor's Manual, PowerPoint Lecture Outlines, and a complete Test Bank.

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ShowTable of Contents

Chapter  1  Correctional Counselors: Roles, Work Environments, Conflicts, and Challenges
Chapter  2  Offender Classification and Assessment
Chapter  3  Meanings of the Evidence in Evidence-Based Correctional Counseling
Chapter  4  Criminological Theories and Their Relevance to Correctional Counseling
Chapter  5  Psychological Models in Correctional Counseling
Chapter  6  Advances in Interpersonal Cognitive Research and the Implications for Correctional Counseling
Chapter  7  Counseling Processes
Chapter  8  Group Counseling in Corrections
Chapter  9  Anger Management
Chapter  10  Mentally Disordered Offenders in Corrections
Chapter  11  Understanding and Treating Substance Abuse
Chapter  12  Restorative Justice and Correctional Counseling
Chapter  13  Overcoming Prejudice and Promoting Diversity
Appendix  1  American Correctional Association Code of Ethics
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Key Sun, PhD, MSW-Central Washington University

Key Sun is professor of law and justice at Central Washington University. He previously worked as a correctional mental health counselor at Washington State Department of Corrections. He received PhD and MA in psychology from Rutgers University, where he also received a master degree in criminal justice. In addition, he has a Bachelor of Law degree from Beijing University and a Master of Social Work degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests involve examining mental health and criminal justice issues from a multidisciplinary perspective, integrating psychology, criminal justice, social work, and cross-cultural approaches. His publications have appeared in psychological and criminal justice journals and textbooks.

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ShowAppropriate Courses

This Second Edition is ideal as a primary or supplemental text in a Correctional Counseling course within a criminal justice program.  It is also appropriate for courses within a corrections program.  Such courses may be titled Offender Rehabilitation, Community Corrections, Probation and Parole, and Special Topics in Corrections.

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