* It explores the validity and effectiveness of secure settings as therapeutic communities (TCs).
* Rooted in practice, this book examines the transferability of approaches within international TCs to other forensic settings.
* It considers how the environment contributes to effectiveness.
* The authors bring together leading clinicians from across the world to offer insight into the impact of gang membership on therapeutic process and the community.
* How core creative therapies are integrated.
* How the model is applied in international settings and across varied contexts.
* Leading clinicians draw on rare reports and papers to explain the therapeutic community model while keeping the diverse contexts within which it is practiced in mind.
* The book provides a much-needed global perspective on the diverse role TCs have across forensic services.
* This ground-breaking book is valuable reading for forensic and clinical psychologists, counsellors, social workers, and psychiatrists working in secure prison or rehabilitation settings, as well as students in these fields.