GRAHAM J. TOWL

Psychological Research in Prisons

Herausgeber: Towl, Graham J

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A rigorous critique of the current state of psychological research being conducted in prisons, this volume collects and reviews expert contributions from leading applied forensic psychologists working in the field. With a particular focus on the psychological evaluation of attempts to reduce the risk of re-offending, this book also explores key areas of emerging research, such as the treatment of sex offenders and those serving life sentences. Featuring chapters on suicide, bullying, and drug misuse, this book gives the reader a clear sense of the range of psychological research that has been conducted in recent years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9781405133142
• ISBN-10: 1405133147
• Artikelnr.: 22441932

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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 AttemptedSuicide in Prisons. (Louisa Snow).

6. The Effective Management of Bullying in Prisons: WorkingTowards an Evidence-Based Approach. (Jane L. Ireland).

7. Drug-Misuse Intervention Work. (Graham J. Towl).

8. Research Into High-Intensity Training (HIT) with YoungPeople. (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. (DavidA. Crighton and Jo Bailey).

11. Psychological Research Into Sexual Offenders. (David A.Crighton).

Bibliography.

Index

Rezensionen

"Psychological Research in Prisons provides animpressive collection of accessible and informed chapters, eachhighlighting the extent to which psychological theory and researchcan inform the work of practitioners, and how practice caninfluence the direction of research." Julie Harrower,Chartered Forensic Psychologist, Head of Psychology at CoventryUniversity and Chair of the DFP Board of Examiners

"Psychological Research in Prisons contains somenew and interesting empirical results. But its main achievement isto put the question mark firmly back into 'What works?'Early chapters explore how, often tentative, research findingsabout interventions which might reduce reoffending have becometranslated into overly prescriptive policies that actually serve toundermine rather than foster effective practice. This is a book bypsychologists but its readership should be much wider -policy makers, prison governors, probation and prison staff, andcriminologists will all find much food for thought within itspages." Professor Carol Hedderman, University ofLeicester

"It is sure to become a new standard reference book inthis field. It will be a very useful aid to the work ofpsychologists in Japan, who are currently introducing CBT withincustodial settings." Hiroshi Urata, Senior Psychologist,Wakayama Juvenile Classification Home, Japan