Transforming Environments and Rehabilitation: A Guide for Practitioners in Forensic Settings and Criminal Justice

Bringing together leadinging forensic psychologists and drawing on new directions for research, practice and theory, this book explores the inter-relationships between structured programmes and the environment in which these programmes take place.

Author: Geraldine Akerman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09/20/2017
Pages: 394
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.67lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781138959118

About the Author

Geraldine Akerman is a chartered and HCPC registered Forensic Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Europsych. She currently works as a Therapy Manager at HMP Grendon and is a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Birmingham and Cardiff Metropolitan University.

Adrian Needs is a Forensic Psychologist by background, qualified as a practitioner with experience including 14 years in HM Prison Service. He runs the MSc Forensic Psychology course at the University of Portsmouth and through the BPS played a prominent role in steering the formulation of national standards for postgraduate training in this field. His current research interests include transition and offending in former members of the armed forces.

Claire Bainbridge is a chartered and HCPC registered Forensic Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She has over twenty years' experience of working with offenders in a variety of settings, including prison, health, police and probation services and is currently a Consultant Forensic Psychologist within the Offender Health and Forensic Community Service at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.