1st Edition
Forensic Psychology in Prisons and Probation
Foreword
Neil Gredecki & Jo Bailey
PART I: ASSESSMENT & INTERVENTION
Chapter 1 – Ethics
Rachael Lee & Julie Aspin
Chapter 2 – Psychometric Testing
Glenda Liell
Chapter 3 – Risk Assessment
Elizabeth Halsey, Jo Capelin & Hannah Lorimer
Chapter 4 – Evidence-based Offending Behaviour Interventions
Jamie Walton & Cara Cunningham
Chapter 5 – The Rehabilitative Role of Technology in Prisons
Sally Tilt
PART II: SPECIALIST POPULATIONS
Chapter 6 – Working with Young Adults
Rachel O’Rourke, Emily Tarrant & Karen Anderson
Chapter 7 – Contemporary Approaches for Working Responsively with Women in Prison
Laura Ramsay, Bernadette Connolly, Aiveen Smith & Jude Kelman
Chapter 8 – Counter Terrorism
Lauren Aspey, Sarah Copp & Debbie Marsh
Chapter 9 – Working with Long-term Prisoners: Close Supervision Centres (CSCs) and the Clinical Model
Jo Gliddon, David Atkinson & Georgina Vince
Chapter 10 – Indeterminate Sentenced Prisoners
Lisa Smith & Karen Johnson
Chapter 11 – The Contribution of Forensic Psychology in Understanding Neurodivergence within Prisons and Probation Populations
Karen N. Thorne & Lorraine Hough
Chapter 12 – Working with Prisoners in the Open Prison Estate
Gary Goodley & Claire Smith
Chapter 13 – Forensic Psychology in the Community Context
Caroline Falgate & Kaye Thomas
PART III: WORKING WITH THE SYSTEM
Chapter 14 – Relational Environments & Practice
Kerensa Hocken, Jenny Tew & Cate Gordon
Chapter 15 – Staff Support
Mark Crane, Sarah Pearson & Mary George
Chapter 16 – Prison Safety: A Multi-faceted Issue Ripe for Innovation
Paula Wilkinson & Thomas Bonser
Chapter 17 – Applied Forensic Research
Martin Fisher & Rosie Travers
Chapter 18 – Management of Serious Incidents
Carol Bond & Catharine Booth
Biography
Dr Neil Gredecki is a Registered Forensic Psychologist, Chartered Scientist and Chartered Psychologist with over 22 years’ experience in the assessment and treatment of forensic clients. He currently works as a Directorate Lead Psychologist within HMPPS where he manages psychological services for children in custody in England and Wales. He is also a Lecturer for the MSc Forensic Psychology and Mental Health course at the University of Manchester where he is the Scientist-Practitioner Lead and module leader for the Offending Behaviour Interventions module.
Dr Jo Bailey is a Registered Forensic Psychologist and Chartered Psychologist with over 33 years’ experience in the assessment and treatment of forensic clients and leading a forensic service. Jo was awarded the DFP Senior Practitioner Award in 2013 and an OBE in Her Majesty’s New Years Honours in 2020 for services to rehabilitation, public safety and forensic psychology. Jo is the Chief Psychologist for HMPPS and Head of Psychology Services Group, leading a service of around 900 staff.
