Authoritative guidance on therapeutic and administrative issues in the provision of mental health services and rehabilitative programs to correctional populations.

• How much treatment must correctional administrators provide for offenders with mental disorders?
• How can the different missions of corrections, security and rehabilitation programming be reconciled?
• How is correctional psychology different from forensic psychology?
• What is the proper mission of a mental health unit in a correctional institution?
• Why is it important to match the personality of a mental health professional with a given institution?
• What programs are proving successful in rehabilitating offenders?
• What is the state-of-the-art treatment for sex offenders?
• How can one help angry, aggressive inmates control their behavior?
• What programs can you offer beyond classes and self-help groups to address the problems of substance abusing offenders in prisons?
• Can psychopaths be treated and, if so, how?
• What can be done to help developmentally disabled offenders?
• What are the differences in treatment needs between female and male offenders?
• How can you minimize burn-out and prevent high turnover among mental health staff working in prisons?

Related Publications: Correctional Mental Health Report; Offender Programs Report; Forensic Mental Health; The Mentally Disordered Inmate and the Law; The Science, Treatment, and Prevention of Antisocial Behaviors; The Sex Offender