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Informationen zum Autor David Crighton is Deputy Head of Psychology for Prisons and Probation Services. He is also visiting Professor of Forensic Psychology at London Metropolitan University and co-editor of the British Journal of Forensic Practice . Graham Towl is Head of Psychology for Prisons and Probation Services. He is also visiting Professor of Forensic Psychology at the University of Birmingham and the University of Portsmouth. He has received the British Psychological Society award for distinguished contribution to professional psychology. He is the editor of Psychology in Prisons (BPS Blackwell, 2003) and joint editor of Suicide in Prisons (BPS Blackwell, 2002). He is also co-editor of the British Journal of Forensic Practice . Klappentext This book serves as a route map for those interested in the application of psychology to the work of probation services. Starting with an outline of the strategic framework for applied psychological services across probation and prisons, the book then gives an up-to-date picture of some key emerging areas of applied psychological practice in probation settings, including: court work, mental health, working with sex offenders, risk assessment, group work, multi-agency public protection panels, lifer assessments, domestic violence work, and suicide and intentional self-injury. The book can be effectively used alongside Graham Towl's Psychology in Prisons (BPS Blackwell, 2003). Zusammenfassung Outlines the strategic framework for psychological services across prisons and probation. This book gives a picture of some key areas of applied psychological practice in probation settings. It covers the development of applied psychological services! court work! mental health! working with sex offenders! risk assessment! and cognitive skills. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Herschel Prins vii Editors' Preface x Series Editors' Preface xii Revolving Doors xiv List of Contributors xv Acknowledgements xv 1 Applied Psychological Services in the National Probation Service for England and Wales 1 Graham Towl and David Crighton 2 Work in the Courts 14 David Crighton 3 Counselling Psychologists and Mental Health Work in Probation Services 23 Sharon Mayer 4 Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders 40 Andrew Bates 5 Risk Assessment 52 David Crighton 6 Suicide and Intentional Self-Injury 67 Sara Casado and Amy Beck 7 Groupwork-based Interventions 82 Anne Williams 8 Cognitive Skills Groupwork 91 Derval Ambrose 9 Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements 104 Tania Tancred 10 Domestic Violence Work with Male Offenders 115 Jane Lindsay, Dermot Brady and Debbie McQueirns 11 Work with Life Sentence Offenders 138 Debbie McQueirns 12 Partnership Working: Organizational Roles, Structures and Interfaces 156 Trudy Leeson and David Crighton References 170 Index 186 ...
