Clinical interventions in criminal justice settings: evidence-based practice

This title balances theoretical frameworks and research methodology to examine the effective, evidence-based practices and principles for populations within the criminal justice system, exploring the major clinical issues that are relevant for adopting evidence-based practices and demonstrating how to implement them.

Topics include legislation, law enforcement, courts, corrections, actuarial assessment instruments, treatment fidelity, diverse populations, mental illness, substance use and juvenile delinquency.

This book also models opportunities for evidence-based practice during entry into the criminal justice system (arrest), prosecution (court, pretrial release, jail, and prison), sentencing (community supervision, incarceration), and corrections (jail, prison, probation and parole).