Delinquency and Young Offenders

by Hollin, Clive R.; Browne, Deborah; Palmer, Emma J.

• ISBN13: 9781854333575
• ISBN10: 1854333577
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-19
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Including chapters on current methodology in reducing delinquency, families in relation to delinquency and advances in working with delinquents, this book offers a clear insight into this complex area whilst offering practical problem-solving advice.

Author Biography

Martin Herbert, is Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Royal and Devon Exeter Health Care Trust and Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
PART I: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT EFFECTIVE WORK TO REDUCE DELINQUENCY?	5	(4)
Meta-analyses: An overview	6	(1)
Elements of successful work with delinquents	6	(2)
The importance of treatment integrity	8	(1)
PART II: FAMILIES AND DELINQUENCY	9	(20)
Family factors and delinquent behaviour	9	(8)
Familial abuse and delinquency	17	(4)
Foster families and delinquency	21	(2)
Working with parents and children	23	(6)
PART III: ADVANCES IN WORKING WITH DELINQUENTS	29	(14)
The role of social cognition in delinquency	29	(5)
Moral maturity and delinquent behaviour	34	(3)
Working with cognition	37	(4)
Linking advances in treatment to `what works'	41	(2)
PART IV: CONCLUDING THOUGHTS	43	(1)
References	44	(2)
APPENDICES	46	(12)
I: Guidelines to teaching effective parenting skills	46	(2)
II: Guidelines for parents of teenagers	48	(1)
III: Checklist of factors necessary to promote adaptive coping strategies in young people	49	(1)
IV: Checklist of social skills	50	(1)
V: Social skills assessment	51	(1)
VI: Social skills training techniques	52	(1)
VII: Social problem-solving training	53	(1)
VIII: Anger management techniques	54	(1)
IX: Anger control training (ACT)	55	(1)
X: Aggression replacement training (ART)	56	(2)
XI: Equipping peers to help one another (EQUIP)	58