Exploring High-risk Offender Treatment and the Role of Music Therapy Sicard Louise A.
Exploring High-risk Offender Treatment and the Role of Music Therapy Sicard Louise A. Exploring High-risk Offender Treatment and the Role of Music Therapy explores the treatment delivered to…
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Exploring High-risk Offender Treatment and the Role of Music Therapy Sicard Louise A.
Exploring High-risk Offender Treatment and the Role of Music Therapy explores the treatment delivered to high-risk offenders with complex needs, focusing on sex and violent offenders. Offenders with complex needs have a range of factors impacting their abilities and well-being including mental health and learning disorders. The book advocates for the further use of less traditional and creative therapies, in particular, music therapy.The higher the risk, the greater the needs.
Guiding this book is the existing literature and qualitative research, conducted by the author, that sought to gain the perspectives and experiences of practitioners in the field. Importantly, high-risk offenders commonly present with complex needs and, therefore, require treatment that is highly responsive. This included 38 interviews with those that deliver treatment to high-risk offenders and