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Psychological Research in Prisons
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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
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Table of contents
- 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,