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Volume 1, Issue 3
1 September 1999
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The British Journal of Forensic Practice
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Review Article| September 01 1999

What do Forensic Psychologists in Prisons do?

Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2042-8340
Print ISSN: 1463-6646
© MCB UP Limited
1999
The British Journal of Forensic Practice (1999) 1 (3): 9–11.
https://doi.org/10.1108/14636646199900019

The Prison Service is the largest single employer of forensic psychologists in the UK. This paper gives an overview of the range of contributions from this growing group of applied psychologists.

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