Review: Violence, Crime and Mentally Disordered Offenders (Concepts and Methods for Effective Treatment and Prevention) Sheilagh Hodgins and Rüdiger Müller-Isberner (eds) Chichester Wiley, 2000; pp233; pbk ISBN 0-471-97727-6
| Published date | 01 September 2000 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455050004700323 |
| Author | Jude Deacon |
| Date | 01 September 2000 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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number
of
milking
cows
kept
on
the
prison
farm!
Other
sections
deal
with
advice
on
a
diverse
range
of
issues
from
coming
into
prison
to
release
and
social
security
grants.
Prison
rules
are
listed,
as
are
the
Prison
Service
Orders
and
Instructions
issued
since
1997.
The
Handbook
is
more
than
a
statistical
resource
though.
There
is
a
forum
for
debate,
which
in
this
edition
carries
a
contribution
from
the
Home
Secretary
setting
out
clearly
his
vision of
the
remit
of
the
Prison
Service
that
goes
beyond
merely
&dquo;human
containment.&dquo;
Programme
effectiveness
and
a
focus
on
education
and
employability
are
key
elements
in
working
within
the
prison
system
to
reduce
offending
once
released.
Following
on
from
Jack
Straw’s
piece
is
an
interesting
article
looking
at
the
debate
surrounding
needle
exchange
within
prisons
and
a
thoughtful
piece
on
the
management
of
prisoners
with
a
mental
disorder.
The
Handbook
is
very
good
on
important
practical
issues.
The
details
regarding
visiting
arrangements
for
each
prison
and
directions
are
a
good
example.
The
fact
that
the
book
makes
an
impassioned
case
for
better
visiting
facilities
and
booking
arrangements
is
a
reminder
of
the
advocacy
role
it
undertakes.
With
some
forecasters
predicting
a
rise
in
the
prison
population
to
80,000
within
the
next
seven
years
it
is
vital
that
what
takes
place
within
those
prisons
is
both
constructive
and
progressive.
There
was
a
commitment
from
the
past
Director
General
of
the
Prison
Service
to
a
more
outward
looking
service
and
in
the
forward
to
this
book
the
current
Director
General,
Martin
Narey,
reiterates
this
position.
And
who
can
argue
with
that?
Neil
Stone
Probation
Officer,
Gwent
Violence,
Crime
and
Mentally
Disordered
Offenders
(Concepts
and
Methods
for
Effective
Treatment
and
Prevention)
Sheilagh
Hodgins
and
Rüdiger
Müller-Isberner
(eds)
Chichester
Wiley,
2000;
pp233;
pbk
ISBN
0-471-97727-6
This
book
is
published
as
part
of
the
Wiley
series
in
Forensic
Clinical
Psychology
and
takes
the
form
of
a
collection
of
essays
written
from
an
international
perspective.
This
series
locates
itself
within
a
European
context
of
renewed
interest
in
constructive
(use
of
effective
methods
of
change),
as
opposed
to
destructive
(punishment-based)
means .
of
addressing
offending
behaviour.
This
book
sets
out
to
provide
a
practical
guide
to
the
treatment
of
those
suffering
from
brain
damage,
personality
disorders,
psychopathy,
schizophrenia
and
major
affective
disorders,
and
who
have
a
history
of
violence
and
offending.
Specifically,
it
seeks
to
explore
the
relationship
between
research
and
developing
effective
practice
in
the
context
of
the
’What
Works’
debate.
One
of
the
aims
of
the
text
is
to
collect
and
present
a
level
of’information
that
practitioners
might
otherwise
find
difficult
to
distil
from
the
wider
literature.
The
authors
are
clinicians
and
researchers
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