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Wiley Handbook on What Works for Offenders With Intellectual and Developmenta...

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Wiley Handbook on What Works for Offenders With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities : An Evidence-Based Approach to Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, Paperback by Lindsay, William R. (EDT); Craig, Leam A. (EDT); Griffiths, Dorothy (EDT), ISBN 1119316235, ISBN-13 9781119316237, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK

Written by a team of international experts, this comprehensive and informativ provides a contemporary picture of evidence-based practice for offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities. By adopting a scientist-practitioner position directed at an academic level with practitioner guidelines, it provides a valuable reference source for professionals from allied disciplines who are using or seeking to apply research for this client group.

The Wiley Handbook on What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: An Evidence-Based Approach to Theory, Assessment, and Treatment is divided into five sections: Introduction, Phenotypes & Genotypes and Offending Behavior, Validated Assessments, Treatment, and Conclusions. The Introduction offers an overview of the entir and is followed by a second overview covering the ethics of evidence-based practice. After that come chapters on protecting the rights of people with intellectual disabilities in correctional settings, and behavioral and cognitive phenotypes in genetic disorders associated with third part of th studies the assessment of individuals with anger and violence issues, inappropriate sexual behavior, alcohol abuse, and emotional difficulties. Next comes a section that looks at how offenders can be treated. The final section discusses future directions and requirements for offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Provides an overview of the ethical challenges and issues faced by those who work with intellectually and developmentally disabled offenders.

Focuses on proof of treatment effectiveness and validation of assessment methods to direct readers toward "What Works":

Features contributions from authors across the entire English-speaking world including the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

William R. Lindsay, PhD, was a Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist and Head of Research for Danshell, and Professor of Learning Disabilities and Forensic Psychology at Abertay University, Dundee, Scotland.

Leam A. Craig, PhD, is a Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist and Partner at Forensic Psychology Practice Ltd. He is a visiting Professor of Forensic Clinical Psychology, Birmingham City University, Hon. Professor of Forensic Psychology, University of Birmingham, and Hon. Assoc. Professor of Forensic Psychology, University of Nottingham, UK.

Dorothy Griffiths, PhD, is Emerita Professor at the Department of Child and Youth Studies and Centre for Applied Disability Studies, and former Co-Director of the International Dual Diagnosis Certificate Programme, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.