1st Edition

Loss, Dying and Bereavement in the Criminal Justice System

Edited By Sue Read, Sotirios Santatzoglou, Anthony Wrigley Copyright 2018
220 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

Life is characterised by movement, change and development, including transitions, losses and grief. People experiencing loss must learn to accommodate it and, sometimes, relearn new roles. Whether the offender is accommodating general loss (such as transition), the loss of others or facing their own impending death, the bereavement process can become a particularly complicated experience for... Read more

SECTION I: Appreciating dimensions of loss, death, dying and bereavement

1. Disenfranchised communities. Sue Read

2. Death, dying and maintaining hope: ethical tensions and responsibilities in the prison setting. Anthony Wrigley

3. ‘Sympathy to the offender’: The Hobbesian account and the sympathy to the offender as an issue in end of life care PART A. Sue Read, Sotirios Santatzoglou.

4. Loss at the end of life: Palliative care in prisons. Kate Lillie

5. Deaths in sites of state confinement: A continuum of routine violence and terror. Bree Carlton, Joe Sim and Steve Tombs

6. Civil and social death: Criminalisation and the loss of the self. Andrew Henley

SECTION II:  Professional development of bereavement and end of life practice.

7. Bereavement and loss at the sentencing stage. Martin Wasik

8. Criminal justice context and voluntary bereavement support. Mary S Corcoran

9. ‘Sympathy to the offender’: The Hobbesian account and the sympathy to the offender as an issue in end of life care PART B. Sue Read, Sotirios Santatzoglou.

10. Working in the shadows: Reflections on counselling in prison and hospice settings. Alison Soulsby

11. The Evolution of Change: Factors involved in the design and delivery of a therapeutic service within the confines of a custodial setting. David Pitt, Lisa Thomson

12. Offenders and the challenges of palliative care in the community setting. Steve Cartwright

SECTION III: Insights to inform reflections for ongoing support

13. Sorrow, loss and the transition of chronic disease to end of life care in prisons. Sue Ashby

14. The impact of loss on mental health: Implications for practice. Alexis Warrilow

15. Mourning in custody: Dealing with sudden death. Jane Jervis

16. Freedom to grieve: a child and parent perspective. Gill Clifford, Kevin Benson

17. Beyond loss of liberty: How loss, bereavement and grief can affect young men’s prison journeys. Nina Vaswani.

18. Grief, chaplaincy and the non-religious prisoner. Katie Hunt, Sue Read

Biography

Sue Read of Professor of Learning Disability Nursing and Chair of the Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group at Keele University, UK.

Sotirios Santatzoglou is Teaching Fellow in Law at Keele University, UK.

Anthony Wrigley is Senior Lecturer in Ethics at Keele University’s Centre for Professional Ethics, UK.