Psychological research in prisons
By: edited by Graham J. Towl.
Contributors: Towl, Graham J.
Publisher: BPS Blackwell; Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Correctional psychology -- Research; Prisoners -- Mental health services; Offenders with mental disabilities -- Rehabilitation; Prison psychology -- Research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-222) and index.
Table of contents: title: Methodological issues in psychological research in prisons / David A. Crighton; title: The modern context of psychology in corrections : influences, limitations and values of "what works" / Brian A. Thomas-Peter; title: The needs of offenders and the process of changing them / Brian A. Thomas-Peter; title: Psychological research into reducing suicides / David A. Crighton; title: Psychological understanding of self-injury and attempted suicide in prisons / Louisa Snow; title: The effective management of bullying in prisons : working towards an evidence-based approach / Jane L. Ireland; title: Drug-misuse intervention work / Graham J. Towl; title: Research into high-intensity training (HIT) with young people / Derval Ambrose; title: Military corrective training centre : an evaluation / David P. Farrington, Kate A. Painter and Darrick Jolliffe; title: Psychological research into life sentence offenders / David A. Crighton and Jo Bailey; title: Psychological research into sexual offenders / David Crighton.