1st Edition

Understanding Health and Well-being in Custodial Settings Interdisciplinary Research Approaches from Psychology, Health, Law and Criminology

Edited By Paul Hackett, Ava Gordley-Smith, Christopher Hayre Copyright 2027
278 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

278 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This timely book offers an overview of how to understand health and wellbeing in custodial settings. It draws on cutting-edge research for a big picture perspective on the issues of prisoners' health and wellbeing in prison settings. Bringing together international experts from research psychology, health and criminology, the volume creates a multidisciplinary narrative to highlight contemporary... Read more

Dedication      2

Details of Contributors         3

Table of Content       9

Preface           11

Section 1: Introduction: Access, Theory, Ethics        14

Chapter 1.  Introduction to Research Approaches for Understanding Health and Well-being in Custodial Settings    15

Paul M.W. Hackett, Ava Gordley-Smith, Chris Hayre            15

Chapter 2.  Access and Ethical Issues in Conducting Research in Custodial Settings          27

Paul M.W. Hackett      27

Section 2: Conducting Research          44

Chapter 3.  The Challenges of Validity and Reliability in Psychometric Testing in Small Countries: The Case for Malta Introduction       45

Gail Debono    45

Section 3: Understanding Health and Wellbeing in Custodial Settings      65

Chapter 4.  The use of Medical Imaging in Custodial Settings   66

Chris Hayre and Shantel Lewis          66

Chapter 5.  Envisioning Change? Health, Wellbeing and Desistance from Crime            84

Louise Rooney, Deirdre Healy and Fiona McNicholas          84

Chapter 6.  Beyond the ‘Republic v Maxwell Namata and Luke Kasamba: Equipping the High Court to Enhance Prisoners’ Right to Health in Criminal Trials  126

Fiona Mwale   126

Chapter 7.  Understanding Prisoners' Use of Clean Intermittent Self-Catheterisation (CISC) in UK Prisons: The Potential of the Declarative Mapping Sentences and Partial Order Scalogram Analysis           161

Paul M.W. Hackett      161

Chapter 8.  Comparison of Care for Individuals with Bladder Dysfunction Requiring Clean Intermittent Self-Catheterization Whilst Being Held in Custody in the United Kingdom and United States of America     207

Paul M.W. Hackett      207

Chapter 9. Expanding Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment in U.S. Prisons and Jails    231

Tessa Bialek, Dr. Matthew J. Akiyama, and Margo Schlanger          231

Chapter 10.  “Friend or Foe?” The Offender Non-Associate System and Young Offender’s Institutes.            287

Lauren Medley            287

Chapter 11.  IPED Supply Chains, Health Risks, and Social Dynamics within Male Prisons  321

Townshend, H. D.       321

Chapter 12.  Conducting Research into Healthcare in Custodial Settings: A bibliography  362

Paul M.W. Hackett      362

Chapter 13. The Fourth Wall: A Play About Health and Well-Being in UK Prisons            403

Paul M.W. Hackett      403

Chapter 14. Conclusion       437

Paul M.W. Hackett, Chris Hayre and Ava Gordley-Smith      437

Index   440

 

Biography

Paul M.W. Hackett has wide experience in social science and humanities research and is the originator of the declarative mapping approach to qualitative research. His research interests span many aspects of behaviour and experience focussing upon the investigation of ontologies and epistemologies that have originated in the African continent. He has around 300 publications including more than 30 books. He is a visiting research professor in the department of philosophy at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria, an honorary fellow in the philosophy department at University of Wales Trinity St David and a PhD supervisor at the same university, and a visiting professor in health research methods at the University of Suffolk. He holds a PhD in psychology and a PhD in fine art. He has held appointments at several universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, Tufts, Harvard, Cardiff, Durham and in the department of criminology at the University of Suffolk, UK.

Ava Gordley-Smith is a PhD research student at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Her research aims to develop a multidimensional psychological framework for understanding the relationship and intersection of attitudes toward environmental and social justice issues. Outside of her PhD research, Gordley-Smith focuses more broadly on both theoretical and applied methodologies in the social sciences, creative disciplines and communication studies. Gordley-Smith received a Bachelors’ degree from Emerson College with a major in Journalism and a minor is Sociology and a Masters’ degree from Emerson College focusing on utilizing ecology-centric and sociological methodologies in order to construct more effective and equitable communication strategies. Gordley-Smith is a passionate researcher regarding the topics of intersectional inequalities and proposes ethical advancements in gender, sex, sexuality, environmentalism, and race studies. 

Christopher Hayre is an Associate Professor in Medical Imaging at Monash University, Australia. He holds an Adjunct position with Charles Sturt University, coupled with a Senior Visiting Fellowship for the School of Health and Sport Sciences at the University of Suffolk. He has published both qualitative and quantitative refereed papers and brought together several books in the field of medical imaging, health research, technology, and ethnography.