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Unlocking offence paralleling behaviour in a custodial setting - A personal perspective from members of staff and a resident in a forensic therapeutic community
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A democratic therapeutic community (TC) is based on the principle of a flattened hierarchy, in which all those involved have a say in how it runs. In line with this ideal, this chapter is written by staff and a resident from HMP Grendon: Helen has worked as a prison officer for seven years; Geraldine has worked as a forensic psychologist for 10 years; and Lawrence is a resident at Grendon who has been imprisoned for over 20 years. During that time we have experienced life behind bars from the perspective of staff members and as a resident in several different establishments. These include dispersal prisons (i.e. high-security prisons for prisoners who are considered to be a major threat to public safety), a Category B local male establishment (i.e. a medium-secure prison housing remand prisoners or those who have just been sentenced), prison landings, as facilitators of sex offender treatment groups, a young offender institute and a prison run as a TC. In this chapter we describe the similarities and differences in offence paralleling from a clinical point of view in the different prison environments as described above, and then concentrate on HMP Grendon, a Category B prison that operates as a TC. In addition, the opportunities, challenges and dangers associated with assessing risk and measuring change using the concept of offence paralleling behaviour (OPB) are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)(chapter)
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2010
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Therapeutic community, Behaviour, Prisons
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Dowdswell, H., Akerman, G. & Jones, L. F. (2010). Unlocking offence paralleling behaviour in a custodial setting - A personal perspective from members of staff and a resident in a forensic therapeutic community. In: Daffern, M., Jones, L. & Shine, J. (eds.) Offence paralleling behaviour: A case formulation approach to offender assessment and intervention. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, pp. 231-243.
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Available in the Library: https://nottshc.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?idx=&q=%22offence+paralleling+behaviour%22&branch_group_limit=multibranchlimit-76&weight_search=1