UPC: 9783030256203 | Prison Dog Programs: Renewal and Rehabilitation in Correctional Facilities (Paperback)

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This edited volume brings together a diverse group of contributors to create a review of research and an agenda for the future of dog care and training in correctional facilities. Bolstered by research that documents the potential benefits of HAI many correctional facilities have implemented prison dog programs that involve inmates in the care and training of canines not only as family dogs but also as service dogs for people with psychological and/or physical disabilities. Providing an evidence-based treatment of the topic this book also draws upon the vast practical experience of individuals who have successfully begun maintained improved and evaluated various types of dog programs with inmates; it includes first-person perspectives from all of the stakeholders in a prison dog program–the corrections staff the recipients of the dogs the inmate/trainers and the community volunteers and sponsors Human-animal interaction (HAI) is a burgeoning field of research that spans different disciplines: corrections psychology education social work animal welfare and veterinary medicine to name a few. Written for an array of professionals interested in prison dog programs the book will hold special interest for researchers in criminal justice and corrections forensic psychology and to those with a commitment to promoting the ideals of rehabilitation desistance thinking restorative justice and re-entry tools for inmates.