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Record Nr.

UNISA996205985603316

Titolo

Psychology in prisons [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Graham Towl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : BPS Blackwell, 2003

ISBN

1-281-31925-2

9786611319250

0-470-77460-6

0-470-77749-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Forensic practice ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

TowlGraham J

Disciplina

364.3

365/.66

Soggetti

Forensic psychology - Great Britain

Prison psychology - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-185) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Forensic psychological services in HM Prison Service / Graham Towl -- Psychologists' recruitment / Zoe Ashmore -- Staff training / Danielle Forbes -- Incident management / Zoe Ashmore -- Applying the research on reducing recidivism to prison regimes / Phil Wilmott -- Evaluating groupwork in prisons / Caroline Friendship and Louise Falshaw -- Sex offender group work / David Crighton and Wayne Stockton -- Violent offender group work / Karen Brady and David Crighton -- Cognitive skills group work / Serena   Jackson and Michelle Thomas -- Anger management groupwork / Michael Jennings -- Working with life sentence prisoners / Phil Willmot -- Working with young and juvenile offenders / Martha Blom-Cooper -- Working with women in prison / Lorraine Mosson -- Suicide prevention / David Crighton -- Working with bullies and victims / Jane L. Ireland.

Sommario/riassunto

Edited by the Head of Psychology for Her Majesty's Prison Service and the National Probation Service, this book gives an account of the work of psychologists in Her Majesty's prisons.Edited by the Head of Psychology for Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Services. Looks at the work of psychologists in prisons. Contributors look at the background, current practice and likely future directions for each topic.