Clinical Interventions in Criminal Justice Settings - Evidence-Based Practice

Clinical Interventions in Criminal Justice Settings: Evidenced-Based Practice 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).

• Addresses offenders in all four stages of the criminal justice system-legislation, law enforcement, courts and corrections
• Covers the use of actuarial risk assessment instruments for clinical decision-making
• Includes tools that predict recidivism, levels of service needed, and future offending behavior
• Separates specific practices for juvenile and adult offenders
• Delves into specific special populations, such as those with HIV and AIDS, substance abuse, co-occurring disorders and homelessness

Dr. George T. Patterson is the author of the book Social Work Practice in the Criminal Justice System, and has also published numerous criminal justice-related articles. Dr. Patterson has both research evaluation experience on numerous federal grants, such as the Department of Justice, assessing evidence-based practice and best practices. He has extensive clinical experience in varied components of the criminal justice system. He is a NYS certified police instructor, police social worker, NYS Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and provides criminal justice-related training to numerous agencies.