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 prisoners
* First half of the book has its primary focus on psychological evaluation research
* Includes chapters on psychological research on suicide, bullying, life sentenced prisoners and staff sickness
Table of Content
Foreword.
Notes on Contributors.
Introduction. (Graham J. Towl).
1. Methodological Issues in Psychological Research in Prisons.
(David A. Crighton).
2. The Modern Context of Psychology in Corrections: Influences,
Limitations and Values of ‘What Works’. (Brian A.
Thomas-Peter).
3. The Needs of Offenders and the Process of Changing Them.
(Brian A. Thomas Peter).
4. Psychological Research into Reducing Suicides. (David A.
Crighton).
5. Psychological Understanding of Self-Injury and Attempted
Suicide in Prisons. (Louisa Snow).
6. The Effective Management of Bullying in Prisons: Working
Towards an Evidence-Based Approach. (Jane L. Ireland).
7. Drug-Misuse Intervention Work. (Graham J. Towl).
8. Research Into High-Intensity Training (HIT) with Young
People. (Derval Ambrose).
9. Military Corrective Training Centre: An Evaluation. (David P.
Farrington, Kate A. Painter and Darrick Jolliffe).
10. Psychological Research into Life Sentence Offenders. (David
A. Crighton and Jo Bailey).
11. Psychological Research Into Sexual Offenders. (David A.
Crighton).
Bibliography.
Index
About the author
Professor Graham J. Towl, Chief Psychologist, National Offender Management Services, is the editor of Psychology in Prisons (BPS Blackwell, 2003), and a co-editor of Suicide in Prisons (BPS Blackwell, 2000), Applying Psychology to Forensic Practice (BPS Blackwell, 2003), and Psychology in Probation Services (BPS Blackwell, 2004).
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