This "Essential Handbook" provides the critical elements from itscompanion volume, the successful Handbook of Offender Assessmentand Treatment. A comprehensive review of assessment and treatment,it covers the major offender groups: sex offenders, violentoffenders, offenders with mental and personality disorders, andproperty offenders. A range of treatment approaches are alsoincluded, incorporating behavioural, cognitive, skills-based, angermanagement, school programs, and family-based approaches.
Whilst retaining its international, high quality appeal, TheEssential Handbook of Offender Assessment and Treatment is aconcise, portable edition for all clinicians, academics andresearchers working with offenders across a range of settings.