Approaches to Offender Rehabilitation in Asian Jurisdictions
Michael Daffern editor Chi Meng Chu editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:4th Apr '24
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This book aims to understand how Asian jurisdictions conceptualise rehabilitation within both the correctional and forensic mental health sectors.
Little has been written about rehabilitation practices for people in criminal justice and forensic mental health services in Asia. Although there is some recognition of the need to develop and/or adjust rehabilitation practices for non-white/non-western peoples in Western jurisdictions, the extent to which Western-derived practices have been considered, adjusted, or adopted in Asian countries is not well known. This book includes contributions from an international team who explore the ways in which history, culture, religion, and resources impact how rehabilitation is conceptualised and offered in multiple Asian countries. It aims to provide an understanding of the relative merits of contemporary Western practices across different Asian countries and consider how these practices have been adopted and adapted within correctional and forensic mental health sectors.
This book is essential for administrators who are developing rehabilitation strategies and for practitioners working with people who have a history of offending behaviour.
“I am delighted to welcome this important and wide-ranging book on offender rehabilitation in many different Asian countries. It should be of great interest to criminologists, psychologists, social scientists, and criminal justice policy-makers and practitioners throughout the world.”
David P. Farrington, Emeritus Professor of Psychological Criminology, Cambridge University
“Chu and Daffern have assembled a marvelous collection of chapters that describe the efforts and challenges of developing and implementing rehabilitation across a diversity of Asian countries. This book will certainly become a fixture on the bookshelves of researchers and practitioners in Asia. For Western readers, however, do not be misled by the title. This book offers valuable lessons for rehabilitation programming in non-Asian jurisdictions.”
James Bonta, Ph.D., author,of The Psychology of Criminal Conduct
“The book, Approaches to Offender Rehabilitation in Asian Jurisdictions, constitutes a laudable effort to draw attention to the field of forensic mental health. This edited volume – edited by Chi Meng Chu and Michael Daffern, two internationally recognized experts – represents a significant step in the study of offender assessment, management, and rehabilitation in the Asia continent. This book brings together scholars and practitioners from different Asian countries and adds to the literature on offender rehabilitation in several ways including better understanding how offender rehabilitation is strategized and delivered in different countries. It is an invaluable reference for scholars, field practitioners, policymakers, and graduate students interested in this field of study. Highly recommended!”
Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan,Ph.D., Associate Professor of Criminology, Department of Social Policy, Sociology, and Criminology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781032418674
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 540g
274 pages