Research Catalog

Title

Grendon : a study of a therapeutic prison / Elaine Genders and Elaine Player.

Author

Genders, Elaine.

Publication

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

Player, Elaine.

Description

xi, 242 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

This book offers a detailed study of the therapeutic regime at Grendon Underwood Prison. Opened in 1962 as an experiment in the psychological treatment of prisoners, it has survived several changes in policy and direction within the prison system and it accommodates some of the most serious offenders and difficult prisoners in the country. The book is based on a path-breaking empirical study and provides convincing evidence of the effectiveness of the Grendon regime. In the prevailing political climate, where attitudes to imprisonment have been determined by principles of just desserts, this study of a rehabilitative alternative will make an important and timely contribution to the wider debates about the purpose of imprisonment and current trends in criminal justice.

Series Statement

Clarendon studies in criminology

Uniform Title

Clarendon studies in criminology.

Subject

• Criminal Psychology
• England
• HM Prison Grendon
• Mental Health Services
• Mentally ill offenders > Rehabilitation > Buckinghamshire
• Prisoners > Mental health services > Buckinghamshire
• Prisons
• Therapeutic communities > Buckinghamshire > Case studies

Genre/Form

Case studies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-237) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The Study of a Therapeutic Prison -- 2. Methods of Research -- 3. Getting into Grendon -- 4. Therapy at Grendon -- 5. Issues of Order and Control -- 6. Therapeutic Achievements -- 7. Leaving Grendon: Back in the System -- 8. Current Dilemmas -- Appendix 2 -- Adult male prisons not referring to Grendon -- Appendix 3 -- Prisons visited for the purpose of follow-up interviews.

ISBN

0198256779 :

LCCN

^^^94028887^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library