Grendon tales : stories from a therapeutic community / Ursula Smartt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smartt, Ursula.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminals--Rehabilitation--Great Britain.

Criminals.

Therapeutic communities--Great Britain.

Therapeutic communities.

Sex offenders--Rehabilitation--Great Britain.

Sex offenders.

Violent offenders--Rehabilitation--Great Britain.

Violent offenders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Winchester, United Kingdom : Waterside Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For anyone trying to understand what 'drives' some people to commit serious, heinous and sometimes unspeakable crimes - and what is achievable through therapy - the first-hand 'tales' in this book merit close study. For over forty years Grendon Prison with its 'Therapuetic Communities' of high security 'residents' has remained unique among Britain's prisons. In 2000 researcher Ursula Smartt was given extensive access to interview residents and prison staff - governors, prison officers, therapists and probation officers - and to observe their day-to-day routines. The result is Grendon Tales, a perceptive, insightful and at times shocking account of life inside a unique and world famous establishment. Grendon houses many dangerous, disturbed and disruptive criminals (ranging from armed robbers to paedophiles, to rapists and murderers). For many of them, it is 'the last chance saloon' - a final opportunity to alter their thinking patterns and behaviour and maybe to convince the authorities that their security category should be downgraded with a view to future safe release back into the community.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Negotiating Access""; ""2 B Wing: An Anti-democratic Majority?""; ""3 Armed Robbers: A Very Macho Breed""; ""4 The Governor's Tale""; ""5 Sex Offenders on G Wing""; ""6 Sex Offender Therapists""; ""7 Naked Truths on C Wing""; ""8 A Cool Bunch on A Wing""; ""9 Dovegate Prison: A Grendon Clone?""; ""10 Conclusion: Grendon's Past, Presentand Future""; ""Epilogue""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Back cover ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-228) and index.

ISBN:

9786611124786

9781281124784

1281124788

9781906534516

1906534519

OCLC:

923509493