Motivational Interviewing in Legal and Justice Settings (Applications of Motivational Interviewing Series)

Now in a fully revised second edition with 75% new material and applications to a broader range of settings, this book provides evidence-based strategies for helping people with legal involvement to achieve important changes in their lives. Jill D. Stinson and Michael D. Clark demonstrate ways to draw on clients' values, goals, and strengths to build connection and facilitate growth--rather than superficial compliance--using motivational interviewing (MI). The authors clearly describe the core techniques of MI and illustrate applications in direct care, case management, supervision, forensic counseling, risk assessment, and other real-world legal and justice contexts. First edition title: Motivational Interviewing with Offenders: Engagement, Rehabilitation, and Reentry.

New to This Edition

• Broader scope: Addresses MI applications in family courts, forensic mental health, emergency response systems, and more, as well as criminal justice and corrections. 
• New case examples, sample dialogues, and thought exercises; attention to brief interventions; more inclusive, destigmatizing language throughout. 
• Heightened focus on practitioner well-being, including burnout prevention strategies. 
• Reflects key developments in MI and current research on motivation, rehabilitation, and helping relationships.

This book is in the Applications of Motivational Interviewing series, edited by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, and Theresa B. Moyers.
 

Jill D. Stinson, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) and Chair of the ETSU Campus Institutional Review Board. Her primary research and clinical interests include suicidality, trauma, and serious mental illness in persons who have committed violent and sexual offenses; ethical practices in research and clinical care; and evidence-based training for members of law enforcement. Dr. Stinson frequently teaches and trains in the areas of forensic and clinical ethics, suicide in forensic and legal systems, motivational interviewing (MI), sexual and violent offending, serious mental illness, dialectical behavior therapy, and trauma-informed care. She has coauthored books on the causes and treatment of sexual offending and on MI for people with legal involvement.

Michael D. Clark, MSW, is Director of the Center for Strength-Based Strategies, a technical assistance group that provides training and implementation initiatives for motivational interviewing (MI) across North America, as well as in many European and Oceania locations. Mr. Clark and his training group are all members of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and hold MINT Certified Trainer status. The group specializes in MI training-of-trainers for agencies, and has worked in a wide range of clinical, community, legal, justice, and correctional settings. Mr. Clark previously served in the roles of abuse and neglect caseworker and probation officer, as well as serving as Secretariat for an expert panel that composed addiction treatment standards for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna, Austria. His website is www.buildmotivation.com.