The Routledge Companion to Rehabilitative Work in Criminal Justice

Covering a variety of contexts, settings, needs, and approaches, and drawing on theory and practice, this Companion brings together over 90 entries, offering readers concise and definitive overviews of a range of key contemporary issues on working with offenders. The book is split into thematic sections and includes coverage of:

• Theories and models for working with offenders
• Policy contexts of offender supervision and rehabilitation
• Direct work with offenders
• Control, surveillance, and practice
• Resettlement
• Application to specific groups, including female offenders, young offenders, families, and ethnic minorities
• Application to specific needs and contexts, such as substance misuse, mental health, violence, and risk assessment
• Practitioner and offender perspectives
• The development of an evidence base

This book is an essential and flexible resource for researchers and practitioners alike and is an authoritative guide for students taking courses on working with offenders, criminal justice policy, probation, prisons, penology, and community corrections.