Psychology In Probation Services

by Crighton, David A.; Towl, Graham J.

• ISBN13: 9781405124690
• ISBN10: 1405124695
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-04
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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 Towlrs"s Psychology in Prisons (BPS Blackwell, 2003).

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Herschel Prins	vii
Editors' Preface	x
Series Editors' Preface	xii
Revolving Doors	xiv
List of Contributors	xv
Acknowledgements	xvi
1 Applied Psychological Services in the National Probation Service for England and Wales	1	(13)
Graham Towl and David Crighton
2 Work in the Courts	14	(9)
David Crighton
3 Counselling Psychologists and Mental Health Work in Probation Services	23	(17)
Sharon Mayer
4 Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders	40	(12)
Andrew Bates
5 Risk Assessment	52	(15)
David Crighton
6 Suicide and Intentional Self-Injury	67	(15)
Sara Casado and Amy Beck
7 Groupwork-based Interventions	82	(9)
Anne Williams
8 Cognitive Skills Groupwork	91	(13)
Derval Ambrose
9 Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements	104	(11)
Tania Tancred
10 Domestic Violence Work with Male Offenders	115	(23)
Jane Lindsay, Dermot Brady and Debbie McQueirns
11 Work with Life Sentence Offenders	138	(18)
Debbie McOueirns
12 Partnership Working: Organizational Roles, Structures and Interfaces	156	(14)
Trudy Leeson and David Crighton
References	170	(16)
Index	186