Approaches to Offender Rehabilitation in Asian Jurisdictions

“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, 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