Ready or Not, They Are Coming: Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder and Treatment Engagement

Howells, Kevin; Tennant, Allison

doi:10.1002/9780470710647.ch3

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“…The "Endemic" Problem of Engagement and the "Resistant" Client Client resistance and issues of engagement are considered to be "endemic" problems among those receiving interventions in the CJS (Howell & Tennant, 2007;Shine, 2007). There is a plethora of research focusing on the characteristics that predict treatment outcome and treatment disengagement among 'offenders.'…”

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Psychological therapy in prisons: Professionals’ perceptions

Volker¹

2018

European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling

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Psychological therapy in prisons: Professionals’ perceptions

Volker¹

2018

European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling

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“…Although there are many possible explanations for the implementation gap that appears to exist between correctional policy and rehabilitative practice, one that is commonly proposed identifies the environmental and interpersonal context in which rehabilitation programs are offered as placing significant constraints on program delivery (Shefer, 2010). This is an important issue for policy makers and practitioners alike, given the relatively recent development of specialist therapeutic prisons whose primary aim is to rehabilitate (e.g., prison drug units in the United States; Wexler, 1995; the Dangerous and Serious Personality Disordered services in the United Kingdom; Howells & Tennant, 2007). In addition, there is a history of specialist units being set up within correctional facilities to manage particular offender groups, such as serious violent offenders (Cooke, 1992; Day & Doyle, 2010).…”

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Assessing the Therapeutic Climate of Prisons

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Criminal Justice and Behavior

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This study examined perceptions of the prison social climate in two Australian prisons from the perspective of both prison staff and prisoners. Ratings of social climate were compared between a specialist treatment prison that provides intensive rehabilitation programs to violent, sexual, and substance-using offenders and a mainstream prison that does not specialize in offender rehabilitation. The results suggested that staff and prisoners at the specialist treatment prison rated the social climate as more conducive to rehabilitation, although the differences were less pronounced for prisoners. These findings are discussed in relation to the development of specialist therapeutic prisons and how assessments of social climate might inform assessments of their success.

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“…If a valid and reliable measure can be developed, it then becomes possible to examine the influence of different types of climate (or indeed different types of prison) on rehabilitative outcomes. This is an important issue for policy makers and practitioners alike, given the relatively recent development of specialist therapeutic prisons whose primary aim is to rehabilitate (e.g., the Dangerous and Serious Personality Disordered services in the UK, see Howells & Tennant 2007; specialist units in correctional facilities to manage particular offender groups, such as serious violent offenders, see Cooke 1992). In Australia, two examples of such prisons are the Compulsory Drug Treatment Centre in New South Wales (Birgden & Grant 2010;Dekker et al 2010) and Marngoneet prison in Victoria which treats violent, sexual, and substance using offenders (Morison & Craig 2002).…”

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