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A Sourcebook: Serious, Violent and Chronic Juvenile Offending     BOOK
This indispensable sourcebook sculpts an alternative response to juvenile crime. The rise of violent crimes committed by youths and the lack of effective responses to treating juvenile offenders have underscored the dire need for a different approach.

Angry Young Men: What Parents, Teachers and Counselors Can Do To Help "Bad Boys" Become Good Men  BOOK
Weaving together his life experiences, research, and clinical observations, former "bad boy" Aaron Kipnis examines the lives of boys at risk and offers clear and practical suggestions for how we all can help troubled boys become good men

Coping with Disruptive Behavior in Group Care      BOOK
Group care facilities are increasingly receiving behaviorally disturbed, aggressive, or even violent children who are unable to live in family settings. Based on a study of 144 highly rated group care centers, the authors' work examines the characteristics of the facilities and the nature of the population in group care settings, as well as the often-overlooked importance of the attitudes, skills, and relationships of the staff members.

Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders    BOOK
Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders, Second Edition takes a practical view of offenders, their problems, and the difficulties counselors face working with them in criminal justice settings. Author Ruth E. Masters examines criminal justice counseling on an individual and group basis and in a variety of settings such as prisons, probation and parole agencies, diversion programs, group homes, halfway houses, prerelease facilities, and U.S. jails
                    
Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment : Strategies for Self-Improvement and Change—  BOOK 
Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment presents effective cognitive-behavioral treatment approaches for changing the behaviors of individuals who have both problems of substance abuse and criminal behavior.

Dysfunctional Familie     VIDEO
With a group of female inmates at Albion Correctional Facility, Dwight Bradford discusses dysfunctional behaviors and the impact of addiction on families. He explains how children often believe they are the cause of most family problems. He details the survival roles children in dysfunctional families assume; Family Hero, Family Scapegoat, Lost Child and Family Clown and how those roles very based on how a child’s needs are met. Interviews and testimonials from inmates and addicts relive tales of survival in dysfunctional families.

Life Inside: A Violence Prevention Program - VIDEO
A vivid behind-the-scenes look at prison life is geared toward educating our youth about the harsh realities of
life behind bars. Youth offenders tell their trials that landed them in prison, the freedoms they lose while behind bars, and the difficulties they’ll face returning to so-ciety after their incarceration

Men in Groups: Insights, Interventions, and Psychoeducational Work     BOOK
It is common knowledge among practitioners that men have not taken to psychotherapy as willingly as women have. This book provides an excellent entree into psychological work with men in groups and represents the cutting edge work being done in this area

Peace in the Streets: Breaking the Cycle of Gang Violence     BOOK
Peace in the Streets is a compelling true-life story of gang life transformed in South Central Los Angeles as well as a practical guide for parents, teachers, and communities. Over the course of one year in the early 1980’s, Arturo Hernandez, an inexperienced yet committed teacher, irrevocably changed the lives of 30 South Central gang members, aged 12-20

Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It      BOOK
Terry Kupers, an expert in the field of forensic psychiatry, not only exposes the sad fact that prisons, by design, fail miserably to correct, he also offers a prescription, A CALL TO ACTION for immediate prison reform. Kupers outlines successful programs throughout the United States and the world and makes practical recommendations, including guidelines for the upgrade and revitalization of rehabilitation programs and the development of comprehensive mental health services

The Probation and Parole Treatment Planner     BOOK

Relapse Prevention Therapy for Counselors, Therapists, and Criminal Justice Professionals      BOOK
This manual is designed for criminal justice system workers including counselors, probation and parole officers, and other professionals who work with criminal offenders to develop basic relapse prevention plans

Relapse Warning Signs for Criminal Behavior     BOOK
This pamphlet contains a warning sign list describing the thoughts, feelings and actions that offenders experience before returning to alcohol, drug use or committing a crime

The Disturbed Violent Offender     BOOK
Fear of violent crime has intensified the search for effective anti-crime policies. When the violent offender is also mentally disturbed, the criminal justice and mental health systems face particular challenges.

The Relapse Prevention Workbook for the Criminal Offender     BOOK
This workbook is designed for use with criminal offenders to prevent relapse from both alcohol and drug abuse and criminal behaviors.The first section provides an overview of relapse prevention and its role in avoiding renewed problems with both substance abuse and criminal behaviors

Treating the Aftermath of Sexual Abuse: A Handbook for Working with Children in Care    BOOK
Treating the Aftermath of Sexual Abuse is a handbook for working with children in care who have been sexually abused. The authors review the impact of sexual abuse on a child's physical and emotional development and describe the effect of abuse on basic life experiences

Turning Negatives Into Positives VIDEO 
In front of a group of inmates at Riverview Correctional Facility in New York, Bradford discusses the negative impact of addiction and the consequences of criminal behavior. Interviews and testimonials from inmates, ex-inmates and addicts reveal their stories of how they have transformed a negative consequence of incarceration into a positive result. 

Violent Offenders Appraising and Managing the Risk   BOOK
Violent Offenders Appraising and Managing the Risk reports on a program of research that began 25 years ago at a maximum security psychiatric hospital. The institution, the Oak Ridge Division of the Mental Health Care Centre in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada is probably the most studied maximum security psychiatric facility in the world.