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Preventing prison violence : an ecological perspective / edited by Armon J. Tamatea, Andrew J. Day, and David J. Cooke.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge frontiers of criminal justice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prison violence.
- Prisons--Social aspects.
- Prisons.
- Social ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Armon J. Tamatea (Rongowhakαta; Te Aitanga-a-Mαhaki), PhD., PGDipPsych(Clin) is a clinical psychologist who served as a clinician and senior research advisor for Ara Poutama Aotearoa/Department of Corrections (New Zealand) before being appointed senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. He has worked extensively in the assessment and treatment of violent and sexual offenders and contributed to the design and implementation of an experimental prison-based violence prevention programme for high-risk offenders diagnosed with psychopathy. His research interests include institutional violence, psychopathy, New Zealand gang communities, and exploring culturally informed approaches to offender management. Armon currently divides his professional time between research, teaching, supervision, and clinical practice in the criminal justice arena. Andrew J. Day is an enterprise professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia. His interests are in criminological psychology, especially the development of interventions to improve wellbeing and reduce risk. David J. Cooke is a chartered forensic and chartered clinical psychologist in Australian Catholic University. He has long-standing research and clinical interests in violence risk; including the risks created by the ecologies of institutions. He is a co-author of PRISM and has carried out PRISM evaluations in institutions in many countries.
- Contents:
- Introduction : steps to an ecology of prisons
- Understanding prison violence : an ecological perspective
- Prison violence : definition and measurement
- Toward a gendered ecological approach for understanding prison violence
- Elucidating the ecology of prisons : a look through the PRISM
- Preventing prison violence
- New Zealand prison violence : history, prevalence and organizational responses
- What do people in prison think about violence?
- Correctional staff : roles and experiences
- Critical issue 1 : colonialism, settler colonialism, and supporting indigenous as violent
- Critical issue 2 : gangs
- Critical issue 3 : prison social climates
- Critical issue 4 : the prison environment
- Exploring the wicked problem of violence in prison : capturing the complexity of contexts
- Violence in prisons : what have we learned so far?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 30, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Preventing prison violence
- ISBN:
- 9781003272458
- 1003272452
- 9781000951950
- 1000951952
- 9781000952056
- 1000952053
- Publisher Number:
- 40031986998
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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