This comprehensive volume summarizes the contemporary evidence base for offender assessment and rehabilitation, evaluating commonly used assessment frameworks and intervention strategies in a complete guide to best practice when working with a variety of offenders.* Presents an up-to-date review of 'what works' in offer assessment and rehabilitation, along with discussion of contemporary attitudes and translating theory into practice* Includes assessment and treatment for different offender types across a range of settings* Internationally renowned contributors include James McGuire, James Bonta, Clive Hollin, Anthony Beech, Tony Ward, William Lindsay, Karl Hanson, Ray Novaco and William Marshall

About the Editors viiAbout the Contributors ixForeword xxiAcknowledgements xxiiiPart I Introduction 11 Overview and Structure of the Book 3Leam A. Craig, Louise Dixon and Theresa A. Gannon2 'What Works' to Reduce Re-offending: 18 Years On 20James McGuire3 Creating Ideological Space: Why Public Support for Rehabilitation Matters 50Cheryl Lero Jonson, Francis T. Cullen and Jennifer L. LuxPart II What Works in Offender Assessment 694 Applying the Risk-Need-Responsivity Principles to Offender Assessment 71James Bonta and J. Stephen Wormith5 What Works in Assessing Risk in Sexual and Violent Offenders 94Leam A. Craig, Anthony R. Beech and Franca CortoniPart III What Works in Offender Rehabilitation 1156 Efficacy of Correctional Cognitive Skills Programmes 117Clive R. Hollin, Emma J. Palmer and Ruth M. Hatcher7 What Works in Reducing Violent Re-offending in Psychopathic Offenders 129Jenny Tew, Leigh Harkins and Louise Dixon8 What Works for Personality-Disordered Offenders? 142Vincent Egan9 Interventions that Work to Stop Intimate Partner Violence 159Josilyn Banks, Sheetal Kini and Julia Babcock10 What Works in Reducing Sexual Offending 173William L. Marshall, Liam E. Marshall, Geris A. Serran and Matt D. O'Brien11 Evidence-Based Interventions for Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders 192Charles M. Borduin, Alex R. Dopp and Erin K. Taylor12 Reducing Anger-Related Offending: What Works 211Raymond W. Novaco13 What Works in Reducing Substance-Related Offending? 237John R. Weekes, Andrea E. Moser, Michael Wheatley and Flora I. Matheson14 What Works in Reducing Arson-Related Offending 255Katarina Fritzon, Rebekah Doley and Fiona Clark15 What Works with Female Sexual Offenders 271Franca Cortoni and Theresa A. Gannon16 What Works for Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities 285William R. Lindsay and Amanda M. Michie17 The Good Lives Model: Does It Work? Preliminary Evidence 305Gwenda M. Willis and Tony WardPart IV What Works in Secure Settings 31918 Treatment of People with Schizophrenia Who Behave Violently Towards Others: A Review of the Empirical Literature on Treatment Effectiveness 321Nathan Kolla and Sheilagh Hodgins19 Treating Offenders in a Therapeutic Community 340Richard Shuker20 Best Practice in SVP Treatment Programmes 359David Thornton and Deirdre D'OrazioPart V Cultural Factors and IndividualizedApproaches to Offender Rehabilitation 38721 The Role of Cultural Factors in Treatment 389Jo Thakker22 An Australasian Approach to Offender Rehabilitation 408Andrew Day and Rachael M. Collie23 Criminogenic Needs of Sexual Offenders on Community Supervision 421R. Karl Hanson and Andrew J.R. Harris24 Multi-agency Approaches to Effective Risk Management in the Community in England and Wales 436Sarah Hilder and Hazel Kemshall25 Group or Individual Therapy in the Treatment of Sexual Offenders 452Geris A. Serran, William L. Marshall, Liam E. Marshall and Matt D. O'BrienIndex 468