...Lucy Willmott; Jake Shaw Purpose The Offender Personality Disorder Pathway ( OPDP ) in England and Wales provides around 3,000 specialist prison and community-based treatment places annually. However, the efficacy of interventions remains unclear despite recent national quantitative...

...Vítor Costa; Samuel Monteiro; Ana Isabel Cunha; Henrique Pereira; Graça Esgalhado Purpose The purpose of this study is to systematically review the recent empirical literature on job stress and burnout among prison staff with a focus on predictors, outcomes of stress and burnout and the mediating...

...Dominic Kelly; Jonathan Potter Purpose Professional boundary violations – intentional blurring, minimising or exploiting of institutions’ ethical and legal frameworks – have the potential to cause significant harm to prisoners, staff, prison systems and the public. There has been little empirical...

...Alexandria Bradley; Bill Davies Purpose This paper aims to highlight the impact that Covid-19 has had on the quality of education in prisons. This study considers the restrictive approaches taken by Her Majesty’s Prison Service during this challenging time, to argue that prisoner education...

...Nancy Wolff; Francisco Caravaca Sánchez Purpose This study aims to examine the behavioral health disorders and trauma exposure are disproportionately represented among incarcerated men. Historically, prisons have been inadequately equipped to respond to the behavioral health needs of incarcerated...

...Jamie Bennett; Richard Shuker Purpose There has been growing attention given to the concept of social climate as an element of prison practice. Research has indicated that more positive social climates can improve safety, psychological well-being, quality of life and contribute towards reduced...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Inmates Prisons Prisoners Offenders Suicide attempts Psychopathology Corrective services Distinguishing characteristics Non-suicidal self-injury Suicidal self-injury The mean age of the overall sample was 34.98 (SD=11.59, range 18...