Global Perspectives on Interventions in Forensic Therapeutic
Communities: A Practitioner's Guide explores the validity and
effectiveness of secure settings as therapeutic communities (TCs).
Rooted in practice, this book examines the transferability of approaches
within international TCs to other forensic settings, while considering
how the environment contributes to effectiveness.
In this volume, Akerman and Shuker bring together leading clinicians
from across the world to offer insight into critical topics, including
the impact of gang membership on therapeutic process and the community,
how core creative therapies are integrated and how the model is applied
in international settings and across varied contexts. Leading clinicians
draw on rare reports and papers to explain the therapeutic community
model while keeping in mind the diverse contexts within which it is
practiced. The book provides a much-needed global perspective on the
diverse role TCs have across forensic services.
This groundbreaking book is valuable reading for forensic and clinical
psychologists, counsellors, social workers and psychiatrists working in
secure prison or rehabilitation settings, as well as students in these
fields.