Psychological services in prisons

Abstract

Psychological services in prisons in England and Wales have a relatively lengthy history going back over 50 years. Over the past ten years there have been significant changes in psychological practice, in terms of both increases in numbers of staff and in the types of professional activity undertaken. Changes to the organisational structure of services are outlined, reflecting the concept of ‘offender management’, in prisons and probation in particular, but also in the wider context of ‘joined up government’. The need to look at the configuration of psychological services afresh is discussed.

Citation

Towl, G. (2005), "Psychological services in prisons", The British Journal of Forensic Practice, Vol. 7 No. 2, pp. 29-34. https://doi.org/10.1108/14636646200500012