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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"male prisoners"”.
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Experiences of partners of male prisoners
… of imprisonment are felt not only by prisoners themselves but also their family members. Prisoners may be alone in a cell or on trial but most have families and friends that often feel as though they are imprisoned along with their loved ones. There is a limited body of research …
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Connected corrections and corrected connections: post-release supervision of long sentence male prisoners
… in order to improve outcomes for long sentence male prisoners. I explore how childhood trauma is often at the root of addiction and offending behaviour, based on qualitative interview data with twelve men approaching release. Their narratives revealed histories of neglect, abuse, family …
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An art therapy programme incorporating Buddhist concepts to address issues of aggression in adult male prisoners
… alternative way of working with aggression in a male prison population, using an art therapy approach that incorporates Buddhist concepts as an intervention. Buddhist practices have traditionally been used in Eastern cultures to calm the mind and to develop compassion as an antidote to …
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Political Discourses of Idealised Masculinity: The Risk Management of Male Prisoners through Work, Education and Family Transitions
… thesis focuses upon the new rehabilitation of male prisoners within the context of idealised masculinity. Through the discourse analysis of written policy documents, this work addresses two fundamental questions: How is idealised masculinity constituted within political discourse and how does …
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The association between trauma, offending behaviour, self harm and substance use with dissociation and absorption in male prisoners
… England and Wales. Whilst in prison up to 13% of prisoners engage in self harm, (HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, 2005) often to cope and deal with the stressful environment of prison life. In addition to this up to 80% of prisoners have found to experience difficulties related to drugs and alcohol …
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Smoke-free New Zealand prisons: Changes in health perceptions of male prisoners following a smoking cessation programme: An evaluative study
… questionnaire (SF-36) were carried out with 12 prisoners in November 2011. Thirty-eight prisoners also completed two separate lung age tests between May and October 2011. Prisoners involved included both Maori and non-Maori. SETTING One prison for males in the lower North Island of New Zealand. …
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The role of affect and cognitive schemata in the assessment of psychopathy
… of psychopathy. Study one was conducted on 38 male high secure hospital patients and 38 male prisoners. It focused on the assessment of psychopathy and cognitive schemata. It was predicted that psychopathy would be positively related to negative schemata and early maladaptive schemata and …
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Laisvės atėmimo bausmę atliekančių vyrų gyvenimo prasmės pokytis /
… from a variety of disciplines are studying male prisoners' experience of the meaning of life, both in prison and after release. Research suggests that prisoners make meaning of themselves in their faith, in their community or in their relationship with others. However, there is almost no …
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A study of the moral development, beliefs and relationships of the criminal entrepreneur
… legitimate businesses. The research is based on male prisoners, predominantly fraudsters and drug dealers, and was motivated by the assertion that by understanding why they have chosen this way of life it may be possible to encourage such people to use their entrepreneurial skills in a legitimate …
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Alexithymia and trauma in the prison population
… primary and secondary alexithymia. Thirty-five male prisoners completed measures of trauma (Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire, Trauma History Questionnaire) and alexithymia (TAS-20, APRQ). Results suggested elevated rates of alexithymia and high levels of trauma exposure, with many …
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An exploratory study of male ex-prisoners’ experiences of health and healthcare in prison and the community
… Very little is known about the experience of male prisoners with regard to their health care while in prison and immediately following release.<br/><br/><br/>Aim: Against the backdrop of organisational restructure, the purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences of male prisoners …
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UK prisons and the impact of health and wellbeing of prisoners: A systematic review
… and the impact on health and well-being of prisoners this aims to promote attention to a silenced public health concern that is not recognised as a community that needs the attention of professionals, it also aims to guide the health care sector to see what’s going wrong and to recommend …
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Physical Aggression and Controlling Behaviours Within Relationships
… from a domestic violence refuge (n=43), and male prisoners (n=108). Participants completed measures of physical aggression, escalation of physical aggression, controlling behaviour, fear of injuries, and actual injuries. Results of chapters 3 and 5 provided broad support for the view that …
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Domestic chains, carceral lives: women’s pathways to and experiences of incarceration through the lens of love, marriage, and kinship in India
… or pursuing secondary marriages with male prisoners, security guards, or men outside prison while still incarcerated. By situating these experiences within the intersecting structures of caste, class, and gender, the thesis demonstrates how women navigate, resist, and, at times, …
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Crime in nineteenth-century Ireland: Grangegorman female penitentiary and Richmond male penitentiary, with reference to juveniles and women, 1836-60
… Ireland, with particular focus on female inmates and juveniles. Grangegorman female penitentiary and Richmond male penitentiary are the case studies utilised to carry out this research. Grangegorman penitentiary was the first ever exclusively female prison in the British Isles. This …
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"Out of the darkness into light": A Critical Evaluation Of Scottish Prison Reorganisation For Long Term Imprisonment 1988 To The Present
… in Europe, the SPS identified long term adult male imprisonment as fundamental to its problems and central to its programme of reform. Once it became evident that the SPS had 'lost control' of its main male prisons, a period of evaluation and self appraisal was initiated. This research examines …
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‘Purposeful Activity’: Masculinity and the Meaning of Prison Work Amongst Young Men in Three English Prisons
… have traditionally been studied is that prisoners’ work experiences, both in prison and in the community, are often overlooked. By exploring prisoner masculinities, work experiences, and the relationships between them, this thesis endeavours to illustrate the complexity and multiplicity …
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An investigation of the behavioural, dispositional, and personality associations with former-intimate harassment perpetration and victimisation
… studies. Study 1 (N = 160 undergraduates; 73 males) assessed whether three levels of harassment (non-, minor or severe) were associated with physical aggression, control, and personality traits. Personality characteristics of, and relationship behaviours engaged in by victims of …
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Understanding the affective and cognitive components of psychopathy: Developing a new assessment
… students (154 men and 156 women) and 121 male prisoners] to evaluate the new self-report measure of psychopathy and to determine its value when assessing psychopathic cognition and affect. It was predicted that the PAPA would be positively associated with an existing self-report measure of …
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Labor Force Participation and Crime among Serious and Violent Former Prisoners
… the relationship between work and crime among male former prisoners. Criminological theories and observational studies suggest that work reduces crime, but recent studies cast doubt on the ability of employment programs to reduce recidivism among former prisoners. Ongoing weak evaluations may …
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