Psychology in prisons (2nd ed.) by David A. Crighton and Graham J. Towl. Oxford, UK: BPS Blackwell (2008), ISBN 978-1-4051-6010-0, 306 pp. (paperback)

✍ Scribed by Michael Slater

• Book ID: 102353747
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 78 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1544-4759
• DOI: 10.1002/jip.94

✦ Synopsis

David Crighton, deputy chief psychologist for the Ministry of Justice, and Graham Towl, chief psychologist for the Ministry of Justice and Head of Psychology for the Prisons and Probation Service (National Offender Management Service [NOMS]). Both are practitioners and researchers who have made signifi cant contributions to this fi eld.

Historically, models of offender risk, assessment, and intervention advocated by applied forensic psychologists working in prisons have frequently come under criticism for failing to effectively address the needs of offender populations (Levi & Maguire, 2002). Encouragingly, the authors 1 of Psychology in Prisons consider that the fi eld is addressing the need for change and, as a result, is currently experiencing 'a golden age' (p. 3), with increased