Crighton / Towl Psychology in Probation Services

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-3782-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten, E-Book

This book serves as a route map for psychologists and probationofficers working in probation services.
* * Outlines the strategic framework for psychological servicesacross prisons and probation.
* Gives an up-to-date picture of some key emerging areas ofapplied psychological practice in probation settings.
* Covers the development of applied psychological services, courtwork, mental health, working with sex offenders, risk assessment,group work, cognitive skills, multi-agency public protectionpanels, and lifer assessments.
* The editors are Deputy Head and Head of Psychology for Prisonsand Probation Services, and therefore well placed to compile thisbook.
* Complements Graham Towl's book Psychology inPrisons (BPS Blackwell, 2003).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crighton, David A.

Towl, Graham J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors.
Foreword - Herschel Prins, Universityof Loughborough andTrentUniversity.
Editors' Preface.
Series Editors' Preface.
Revolving Doors Agency - its Work with Offenders in theCommunity.
1. Applied Psychological Services in the National ProbationService for England and Wales - Graham Towl and DavidCrighton.
2. Work in the Courts - David Crighton.
3. Counselling Psychologists and Mental Health Work in ProbationServices - Sharon Mayer, Devon NHSTrust.
4. The Role of Psychology in the Assessment and Treatment ofSexual Offenders in the National Probation Service -Andrew Bates, National Probation Service, Thames Valleyarea.
5. Risk Assessment - David Crighton.
6. Suicide and Intentional Self-Injury - Sara Casado,National Probation Service, Sussex area, and Amy Beck, NationalProbation Service, Surrey area.
7. Groupwork-based Interventions - Anne Williams, HMPrison Service and National Probation Service, West Midlandsarea.
8. Cognitive Skills Groupwork - Derval Ambrose,National Probation Service, London area.
9. Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements - TanyaTancred, National Probation Service, Kent area.
10. Domestic Violence Work with Male Offenders: ExaminingCurrent Practice and Considering Potential Future Developments- Jane Lindsay, University ofPortsmouth, Dermot Brady, National Probation Service,London area, and Debbie McQueirns, National Probation Service,London area.
11. Work with Life Sentence Offenders - DebbieMcQueirns.
12. Partnership Working: Organizational Roles, Structures andInterfaces - Trudy Leeson, National Probation Service,Derbyshire area, and David Crighton.
Bibliography.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

David Crighton is Deputy Head of Psychology for Prisons andProbation Services. He is also visiting Professor of ForensicPsychology at London Metropolitan University and co-editor of theBritish Journal of Forensic Practice.
Graham Towl is Head of Psychology for Prisons andProbation Services. He is also visiting Professor of ForensicPsychology at the University of Birmingham and the University ofPortsmouth. He has received the British Psychological Society awardfor distinguished contribution to professional psychology. He isthe editor of Psychology in Prisons (BPS Blackwell, 2003)and joint editor of Suicide in Prisons (BPS Blackwell, 2002). He isalso co-editor of the British Journal of Forensic Practice.