Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders - Hardcover

Masters, Ruth E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761929339 ISBN 13: 9780761929338

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2003

Synopsis

Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders, Second Edition offers individuals a practical preparation for communicating with offenders. Recognising that individuals who counsel offenders in the criminal justice system often have not had the extensive training of a licensed psychologist. This book gives essential information, proven systems that have stood the test of time in American prisons and appropriate and effective counsellor attitudes.

About this title

Review:

"Excellent book, the best I have read." (John McCullogh 2009-03-19)

About the Author:

Professor Ruth Masters has been teaching criminal justice counseling courses at California State University, Fresno since 1970. In addition, she has had hands-on, practical counseling experience in both adult and juvenile criminal justice systems. She has worked as a parole agent for the California Department of Corrections and the California Youth Authority. Her research can be described as a unique blending of theoretical and practical, which includes work in both corrections and law enforcement. Her textbook, Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders (1994), is published by Sage Publications.

Dr. Masters is a member of American Society of Criminology; Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences; Western Society of Criminology; Women's Criminal Justice Association; California Probation, Parole and Correctional Association; and California State Juvenile Officers' Association. She received her master's degree in criminology from California State University, Fresno; and her bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0761929339
• ISBN 13: 9780761929338
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 296