Psychological research in prisons / / edited by Graham Towl

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Disciplina: 365.66
• Soggetto topico: Correctional psychology - Research; Prisoners - Mental health services; Offenders with mental disabilities - Rehabilitation; Prison psychology - Research
• Altri autori: TowlGraham J
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword,; Notes on Contributors,; Introduction,; 1. Methodological Issues in Psychological Research in Prisons,; 2. The Modern Context of Psychology in Corrections: In.uences, Limitations and Values of 'WhatWorks',; 3. The Needs of Offenders and the Process of Changing Them,; 4. Psychological Research into Reducing Suicides,; 5. Psychological Understanding of Self-Injury and Attempted Suicide in Prisons,; 6. The Effective Management of Bullying in Prisons:Working Towards an Evidence-Based Approach,; 7. Drug-Misuse InterventionWork, ; 8. Research into High-Intensity Training (HIT) withYoung People,9. Military Corrective Training Centre: An Evaluation,; 10. Psychological Research into Life Sentence Offenders,; 11. Psychological Research into Sexual Offenders,; Bibliography,; Index,
• Sommario/riassunto: This up-to-date collection begins with an account and analysis of the role of psychologists in prisons in relation to research.Looks at the results of evidence based psychological approaches to working with prisonersFirst half of the book has its primary focus on psychological evaluation researchIncludes chapters on psychological research on suicide, bullying, life sentenced prisoners and staff sickness
• Titolo autorizzato: Psychological research in prisons
• ISBN: 1-280-74852-4; 9786610748525; 0-470-76309-4; 0-470-77507-6; 1-4051-7322-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910876513103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II