Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders

Masters, Ruth

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“…Contrary to the proposition of Masters (1994) that, as young offenders mature, many outgrow their delinquency as they begin to take on responsibilities, this study found that a large number of respondents continued to rely on criminal activities to make a living, even though they had assumed adult responsibilities. One respondent, 19 years of age, whose mother was serving a prison term during the period of investigation, had the longest history of a criminal record from the entire sample.…”

Section: Table 3 Ages Of the Respondents On First Arrest And The Recocontrasting

confidence: 44%

“…In other words, criminals with job skills end up using these acquired skills to venture into new avenues of crime. Masters (1994) seemingly endorses the risk-assessment model of practice when she questions the very treatment given to offenders as perhaps doing more harm than good when counselling is forced on those who are not predisposed to it. Practitioners need to be careful with regard to deterministic models of assessment.…”

Section: Rehabilitation Of Young Offendersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Insight Into Recidivism Among Male Awaiting-Trial Youth Offenders and the Implications for Practice

Gxubane

2014

Social Work

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Section: Table 3 Ages Of the Respondents On First Arrest And The Recocontrasting

confidence: 44%

Section: Rehabilitation Of Young Offendersmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Insight Into Recidivism Among Male Awaiting-Trial Youth Offenders and the Implications for Practice

Gxubane

2014

Social Work

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“…There are also several risks to the practitioner which arise from the act of selfdisclosing information about oneself in the context of a professional relationship. As Masters (2003) highlights, self-disclosure can make a practitioner vulnerable to manipulation. It can also introduce the risk of collusion and counter-transference whereby a therapist transfers feelings to a patient in order to meet their own psychological needs (Goldstein, 1994;Greenberg, 1995).…”

Section: Self-disclosure: What Is It and Why Use It?mentioning

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Self-Disclosure in Criminal Justice: What Form Does It Take and What Does It Achieve?

Phillips

Fowler

Westaby

2018

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Self-disclosure, the act of therapists revealing something about themselves in the context of a professional relationship, has been linked with higher levels of effectiveness when used by correctional workers. However, it is poorly defined in both criminal justice policy and criminological research which has resulted in a lack of understanding about the potential risks and benefits to practice and practitioners. This article uses literature from other fields (namely, social work, counselling, and psychotherapy) to lay out what forms self-disclosure might take in the field of criminal justice. The article presents data that were generated as part of a larger project on emotional labour in probation practice in England. It analyses these data to argue that self-disclosure is used in two principle ways: to create and enhance a therapeutic relationship and in a more correctional way which is focused on criminogenic risk and need. We conclude by arguing that future research which seeks to identify a link between certain skills and effective outcomes needs to start with a much stronger definition of such skills as, otherwise, any effects are likely to be lost.

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“…In particular, in the court reaction to these offenders, there is a basic conflict between measures directed to the social good and to the individual good, in this case presented in the balance of the protection of society vs the treatment needs of the individual (Erickson and Erickson, 2008). The protection of society is attributed a higher value in the CJS; consequently, clients' treatments goals need to be pursued within this context (Masters, 2004). As opposed to some authors who stress the importance of distinguishing the goals and the roles of (drug) treatment services and the CJS (Bull, 2005;Edmunds et al, 1999;Squirrell, 2007;Vander Laenen, in press), others suggest that (drug) treatment services and the CJS have a common goal.…”

Section: Integrating a Client Centred Orientation In Dtcsmentioning

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Psychosocial functioning of drug treatment court clients: a study of the prosecutor's files in Ghent, Belgium

Wittouck

Dekkers

Vanderplasschen

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Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities

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Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emerald-srm:368933 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -Problem solving courts are a result of the therapeutic jurisprudence movement. Drug treatment courts (DTCs), for instance, aim to divert substance using offenders away from the criminal justice system (CJS) to (drug) treatment services. DTCs are associated with reduced criminal offending and substance use. Psychosocial outcomes of DTCs, such as employment, health and family relations, received only little attention. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach -This paper focuses on the outcomes regarding substance use and psychosocial variables of a Belgian DTC situated in the Ghent region, which were investigated by a naturalistic evaluation study with a pre-post-design using judicial files. Findings -The results show that Ghent DTC clients were diverted to drug treatment and financial counselling services. Next the Ghent DTC produced beneficial outcomes regarding employment. Contrary to criminal offending (De Keulenaer and Thomaes, 2013), substance use was not significantly reduced in the Ghent DTC sample. Yet more compliance with opioid maintenance treatment was observed. Information on more client centred outcomes such as health and social relations was lacking, precluding a full outcome measurement of psychosocial variables. Research limitations/implications -Future DTC studies should address more client centreed outcomes by gathering information through DTC clients and treatment services instead of solely relying on judicial data sources. In addition, DTCs should develop a clear and uniform registration system regarding these outcomes. Originality/value -Since the therapeutic jurisprudence movement continues to expand, discussion regarding the roles and tasks of the CJS as well as treatment and counselling services is vital. Each actor should maintain its own role and task, regarding monitoring and substantive work, to insure a "problem solving approach" that is in line with the recovery philosophy.

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Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders

Cited by 14 publications

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An Insight Into Recidivism Among Male Awaiting-Trial Youth Offenders and the Implications for Practice

An Insight Into Recidivism Among Male Awaiting-Trial Youth Offenders and the Implications for Practice

Self-Disclosure in Criminal Justice: What Form Does It Take and What Does It Achieve?

Psychosocial functioning of drug treatment court clients: a study of the prosecutor's files in Ghent, Belgium

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