1st Edition

Routledge International Handbook of Wellbeing and Wellness in Criminal Justice

558 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Routledge International Handbook of Wellbeing and Wellness in Criminal Justice takes an interdisciplinary, international approach to examine how criminal justice institutions both undermine and promote wellness, offering evidence-informed, culturally responsive approaches to reduce harm and foster human flourishing. This landmark Handbook is the first authoritative text examining how... Read more

Foreword
Shadd Maruna

1.     Introduction
Jake Phillips, Meghan Novisky and Rosemary Ricciardelli

Part I: Creative responses to issues of wellbeing in criminal justice

2.     Reflections on the play – dancing with words
Aixa Mendez

3.     Holistic therapy including Art therapy in secure UK prisons operates within a structured framework aimed at addressing the psychological and emotional needs of inmates while also promoting rehabilitation and reducing reoffending
Julie Corbin

4.     ‘Stand fast, we have as many friends as enemies’: creating a theatre community in a high security prison
Rowan Mackenzie

5.      Dirt,
Stacey Marie Haug

6.     I got completely burnt out’: Journalists’ investigations into miscarriages of justice and the impacts on their emotional and physical wellbeing.
Sam Poyser and Bethan Poyser

7.     Opening the curtains: the day I started my journey of recovering from being a Parole Officer
Kelsey Hart

8.     Integrating Holistic Wellness and Perinatal Support for Incarcerated Women
Jennifer Wyatt Bourgeois, Serita Whiting, and Denise Brown

9.     The Impacts of Parental Incarceration on Children’s Well-Being Throughout the Life Course
Stacey Marie Haug

Part III: Vulnerability

10.  The Intersection of Good Samaritan 911 and Drug Induced Homicide Laws: Implications for the Opioid Epidemic Response
Amy Donley, Julio Montanez, Alexandria McClarty, and Caroline Austin

11.  Collateral consequences of criminal conviction: confronting issues of wellness in criminal justice
Amy Sage

12.  The Crooked House Pub: Heritage Crime, Tragedy and Wellbeing
Bethan Poyser and Sam Poyser

13.  Hidden Victims of Femicide: the need for comprehensive reparation,
Cátia Pontedeira, Camila Iglesias, Marceline Naudi, Lara Dimitrijevic, Monika Schröttle, Maria Arnis and Maria José Magalhães

14.  The Lived Realities of Child Victims’ Rights in Family and Criminal Justice
Victoria Wozniak-Cole

15.  Caste Conflict and Justice in India: A Theoretical Framework on Criminalization, Victimization, and Social Wellness.
K. Jaishankar

Part IV: Supporting People who are Criminalized

16.  Embedding the Pain of Imprisonment: The Iatrogenic Outcomes of Peer Intervention
Ed Schreeche-Powell

17.  Inclusion Health: The challenges and opportunities of addressing the physical health needs of men on probation
Gemma Morgan and Ella Rabaiotti

18.  Caught in the middle: wellbeing and coping strategies of interpreters in criminal justice settings
Ester Blay Gil

19.  Violent Disclosure: A Study of Men Asking for Help in Prison
Helen Kosc

20.  Healthcare at the Mbarara Main Prison in Uganda: A Prison Housing Men
Rosemary Ricciardelli, Alex Mutagaya, Micheal P. Taylor, and Edward Ahimbisibwe

21.  Riding storms and building resilience: women working to support justice-involved women
Joana Ferreira, Michele Burman, Loraine Gelsthorpe and Annie Crowley

22.  Uneasy lies the head: exploring emotional labour among legal professionals,
Lovrena Jeromelj and Mojca M. Plesničar

23.  Decolonial approaches to understanding wellbeing for Muslims encountering the Criminal Justice System
Rahmanara Chowdhury

24.  Restoring Connection: Visitation’s Wellness Benefits and Barriers in Correctional Facilities
Christina Plakas and Benjamin Case

25.  Neurodiversity-Affirming Practices and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Based Rehabilitation for Neurodivergent Individuals With Criminal or Other Risk Behaviour
Katri Friman, Sanna Kara, Minna Tuusa, and Anna Anttila

Part V: Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System

26.  The limited visibility of wellness in pre-extradition detention
Sally Kennedy and Ian Warren

27.  The support change project- a health and wellbeing initiative: a critical evaluation of specific interventions at HMP Dartmoor to support and rehabilitate neurodivergent individuals who have offended
Tanya Banfield

28.  Becoming Oneself: Transformative Insights into Innate Health and Well-Being
Jeanne Catherine-Gray, Beto Contreras, Derrick Mason, and Jacqueline Hollow

29.  I've been there too: employing mentors who are experts through experience for those using substances in prison
Mark Jones

30.  Overlooked and Under-Researched: Exploring the Mental Health Effects of Ethnic Minority Communities within the Criminal Justice System
Finley MacDonald, Cody N Porter, and Paul Gavin

Part VI: Mental Health and Policing

31.  Scientific evidence on the nature, effects, and treatment of PTSD in policing
Ed Maguire and Thaís Moreira de Andrade

32.  We Didn’t Start the Fire: An Investigation of Police Burnout in a Post-George Floyd World
Carol M. Huynh, Daniel J. Lytle and Hunter M. Boehme

33.  Prioritising Wellbeing: Comparing the Impact of Operational and Organisational Stressors on the Mental Health of Police Officers in the UK and Ireland
Paul Gavin, Finley Macdonald, and Cody Porter

34.  The influences of police culture on officers’ wellbeing in the workplace
Jacob Thandi

35.  Supporting police officers after retirement: Two potential frameworks to reduce suicide
Jill A. Paccione-Frometa and Joshua M. Mendez

Part VII: Leadership and Governance

36.  Heavy-handed Accountability and Transformation in Chinese Prisons after COVID-19 Pandemic: A Critical Reflection
Bo Zhang

37.  Guardians of Wellness: Prioritizing the Role of Command Staff for Effective Policing
Brittany C. Cunningham, Daniel S. Lawrence and Geoffrey D. Smith

38.  Pushing back against a gendered working environment: Experiences of women prison governors in England and Wales
Helen Nichols, Karen Harrison, Lauren Smith and Rachael Mason

39.  Punishing without compounding harm: What we have learned and where do we go next?
Jake Phillips, Rosemary Ricciardelli, and Meghan Novisky

Biography

Jake Phillips is Associate Professor and Director of MSt Applied Criminology, Penology and Management at the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge.

Meghan Novisky is the Director of Research at the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute (UCCI).

Rosemary Ricciardelli is Professor and Research Chair in Safety, Security, and Wellness, at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Ricciardelli was elected to the Royal Society of Canada and is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.