Correctional Assessment, Casework, and Counseling
- ISBN-10
- 1569910634
- ISBN-13
- 9781569910634
- Pages
- 446
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- American Correctional Association
- Author
- Anthony Walsh
Description
This edition covers practical interviewing and counseling skills, including how to adapt counseling theories to community or institutional corrections, and how to supervise the alcoholic, drug addict, sex offender, schizophrenic, and mentally immature client. Sample case materials, such as presentence reports, sentencing guidelines, classification scales, and risk and needs scales, give readers an understanding of the actual assessment process. An instructor's manual is available with the purchase of 10 or more books.
