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Psychological research in prisons / edited by Graham J. Towl.

Contributor(s): Towl, Graham J | Wiley InterScience (Online service)Material type: TextTextPublisher: Malden, MA : BPS Blackwell, 2006Description: 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780470775073; 0470775076; 9781405173223; 140517322XSubject(s): Correctional psychology -- Research | Prisoners -- Mental health services | Offenders with mental disabilities -- Rehabilitation | Prison psychology -- Research | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology | Electronic booksGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Psychological research in prisons.DDC classification: 365/.66 LOC classification: HV6089 | .P795 2006ebOnline resources: Wiley Online Library
Contents:
Methodological issues in psychological research in prisons / David A. Crighton -- The modern context of psychology in corrections : influences, limitations and values of "what works" / Brian A. Thomas-Peter -- The needs of offenders and the process of changing them / Brian A. Thomas-Peter -- Psychological research into reducing suicides / David A. Crighton -- Psychological understanding of self-injury and attempted suicide in prisons / Louisa Snow -- The effective management of bullying in prisons : working towards an evidence-based approach / Jane L. Ireland -- Drug-misuse intervention work / Graham J. Towl -- Research into high-intensity training (HIT) with young people / Derval Ambrose -- Military corrective training centre : an evaluation / David P. Farrington, Kate A. Painter and Darrick Jolliffe -- Psychological research into life sentence offenders / David A. Crighton and Jo Bailey -- Psychological research into sexual offenders / David Crighton.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-222) and index.

Methodological issues in psychological research in prisons / David A. Crighton -- The modern context of psychology in corrections : influences, limitations and values of "what works" / Brian A. Thomas-Peter -- The needs of offenders and the process of changing them / Brian A. Thomas-Peter -- Psychological research into reducing suicides / David A. Crighton -- Psychological understanding of self-injury and attempted suicide in prisons / Louisa Snow -- The effective management of bullying in prisons : working towards an evidence-based approach / Jane L. Ireland -- Drug-misuse intervention work / Graham J. Towl -- Research into high-intensity training (HIT) with young people / Derval Ambrose -- Military corrective training centre : an evaluation / David P. Farrington, Kate A. Painter and Darrick Jolliffe -- Psychological research into life sentence offenders / David A. Crighton and Jo Bailey -- Psychological research into sexual offenders / David Crighton.

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