Ms Ireland asked 122 women and 325 men in prison about being bullied, using a self-report questionnaire. Earlier research has suggested that women bullies in prison are more likely than men to gossip, tease, and turn friends against their victims. Ms Ireland s new research shows that when it comes to these less obvious types of bullying men and women may not be so different after all. Men in prison gossip about other prisoners, and tease their victims just as much as women. This work will be used to help combat bullying in prisons.
Some people really can become dependent on joyriding.
This is the finding of research by Susan Kellett of the University of Loughborough, which is presented today, Wednesday 9 September 1998 at The British Psychological Society s Division of Criminological and Legal Conference, held at St Aidan s College, University of Durham. Ms Kellett interviewed 23 prison and probation staff, as well as 54 young joyriders. She found that some young people really can become dependent upon this sometimes fatal behaviour. When judging the risks posed by defendants, magistrates have been found to be inconsistent. The British Psychological Society s Division of Criminological and Legal Psychology Conference, held at St Aidan s College, University of Durham.