Hound pound narrative : sexual offender habilitation and the anthropology of therapeutic intervention /

Anthropologist Waldram (Univ. of Saskatchewan, Canada) provides readers with the flavor of a novel and the academic exposure of a textbook. The author does an excellent job of telling a compelling story, providing readers with a thoughtful look at the daily life and therapeutic experience of a sexual offender in the Canadian prison system. Concurrently, Waldram helps readers have a more comprehensive understanding of the relevant therapeutic milieu and treatment dynamics. Early in the book, the author reframes the therapeutic treatment experience for sexual offenders as "habilitation" rather than "rehabilitation," noting the key distinction as being transformative rather than restorative. This insightful distinction is a critical backdrop for this informative and enlightening contribution to the world of forensic treatment for sexual offenders. Summing Up: Recommended. General collections; graduate students, faculty, practitioners. D. A. Mathews Salisbury University