Bullying Among Prisoners - Innovations in Research and Theory

Informationen zum Autor Ireland, Jane Klappentext This book aims to present key aspects of the prison-based bullying research which has taken place over the last few years. Zusammenfassung This book aims to present key aspects of the prison-based bullying research which has taken place over the last few years. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Introduction 1. Bullying among prisoners: the need for innovation Part 2: Research 2. Bullying behaviour amongst women in prison 3. Bullying and suicides in prisons 4. Bullying among Young Offenders: Findings from a qualitative study 5. Approaches to examining bullying among Young Offenders within an institutional environment: Triangulation of questionnaires and focus groups 6. Bullying and the role of anti-bullying policies: Data from a Young Offender institution and an adult vulnerable prison unit Part 3: Advancing Theory 7. Prison bullying and fear: Can fear assist with explanations of victim responses? 8. Social problem-solving and bullying: Are prison bullies really impaired problem solvers? 9. Bullying in prisons: An evolutionary and biopsychosocial approach

Product details

• Assisted by: Jane Ireland (Editor), Jane L. Ireland (Editor)
• Publisher: Willan Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2005
• EAN: 9781843921219
• ISBN: 978-1-84392-121-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Penology and punishment, Prisons