Approaches to Offender Rehabilitation in Asian Jurisdictions

This book aims to understand how Asian jurisdictions conceptualise rehabilitation within both the correctional and forensic mental health sectors.

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Chi Meng Chu is Senior Principal Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, as well as Director of Translational Social Research Division and Strategic Planning Office at the National Council of Social Service in Singapore. He is also an adjunct associate professor at the Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore.

Michael Daffern is a clinical psychologist who has worked in prisons and in general and forensic mental health services. He is Professor of Clinical Forensic Psychology and Director of the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.

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Introduction

1. Introduction (Chi Meng Chu and Michael Daffern)

2. Cross-Cultural Responsiveness and Cross-National Approaches in Offender Rehabilitation: Research and Practice Considerations (Armon Tamatea)

East Asia

(Yixuan Wang and Jianhong Liu)

4. Offender Rehabilitation in Hong Kong: Current Practice and Service Development (Aaron H. L. Wong, Wing Hong Chui, and Frank Wong)

5. Current Issues in Offender Assessment and Rehabilitation in Japan (Masaru Takahashi)

   (Donna Soi Wan Leong and Jianhong Liu)

(Seung Chan Lee, JeongSook Yoon, and Yongmyeng Keum)

8. Offender Rehabilitation in Taiwan (Victor Tien-Cheng Chen)

   South East Asia

9. Rehabilitation of People who Have Offended in Indonesia (Zora A. Sukabdi and Kim J. Wheeler)

10. Singapore's Multi-pronged Approach in the Rehabilitation of Persons who have Offended (Carmelia Nathen, Melvinder Singh, and Kala Ruby)

11. Forensic Rehabilitation and Processes in Thailand (Weerapong Samontree and Apichat Saengsin)

    South Asia

12. Correctional and Forensic Mental Health Services in Bangladesh (Al Aditya Khan, Howard Ryland, Helal Uddin Ahmed, Md. Amir Hussain, and Andrew Forrester)

13. Care, Management and Rehabilitation of Offenders in India (Bhavika Vajawat, Guru S. Gowda, Jaydip Sarkar, and Pratima Murthy)

14. Forensic rehabilitation in Sri Lanka (Angelo de Alwis and Susitha Mendis)

    Conclusion

15. Culturally Responsive Offender Rehabilitation: Future Directions (Brandon Burgess and Alicia Nidjam-Jones)