Description
This is the first book to focus on the transfer of knowledge ofworldwide effective offender rehabilitation programs. Prominentresearchers and practitioners in the criminal justice field havecontributed their extensive knowledge of what it takes to implementeffective correctional practices with ecological integrity.
* Reviews "real world" challenges of program effectiveness andsurvival
* Offers effective, evidence based, innovative alternatives toimprisonment of offenders
* Offers a common multi-level systems perspective as a frameworkfor the international case studies featured
* The first book to focus on the transfer of knowledge and bestpractice through the concept of "technology transfer"
About the Author
Gary A. Bernfeld is the editor of Offender Rehabilitation in Practice: Implementing and Evaluating Effective Programs, published by Wiley.
David Philip Farrington OBE is a British criminologist, forensic psychologist, and emeritus professor of psychological criminology at the University of Cambridge, where he is also a Leverhulme Trust Emeritus Fellow.
Alan W. Leschied is the editor of Offender Rehabilitation in Practice: Implementing and Evaluating Effective Programs, published by Wiley.
Reviews
"...For a reader interested in a broad and theoretical review...this book is to be recommended..." (Forensic Update, July 2002)
Book Information
ISBN 9780471720263
Author Gary A. Bernfeld
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 539g
Dimensions(mm) 247mm * 168mm * 18mm