Main description:

Addressing the critical intersection between mental health and the legal system, this book presents a competency-based approach to clinical practice with justice-involved couples and families.

Couple and family interventions are vital components of rehabilitation, supporting positive family involvement and enhancing solutions to delinquency and crime. Chapters lay out essential data about justice systems, correctional populations, family systems theory, and forensic mental health issues, incorporating these factors into discussions of systemic assessment, case conceptualization, intervention, and treatment for these populations.

Contents:

Series Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Psychology and Justice: A Family Systems Approach to Offender Rehabilitation
Chapter 2. Correctional Populations in the United States: Diversity Factors
Chapter 3. The Ecology of Delinquency and Crime
Chapter 4. Clinical Practice with Justice-Involved Families: Systemic Assessment and Case Conceptualization
Chapter 5. Clinical Practice with Justice-Involved Couples and Families: Evidence-Based Treatment Programs
Chapter 6. From Science to Practice: Competency-based Treatment Planning and Delivery
References
Index
About the Author