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Gang activity in English prisons: the Staff perspective. [PDF]
Gang behaviour has been associated with serious problems in American prisons (e.g., Fong and Buentello, 199 1). This study explored the possible existence of indicators of gang activity in English prisons.
Wood, Jane L., Adler, Joanna R.
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Mental Health in Prisons [PDF]
This book examines how the prison environment, architecture and culture can affect mental health as well as determine both the type and delivery of mental health services.
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Gang Activity in English Prisons: The Prisoners’ Perspective. [PDF]
Gang activity in American prisons has resulted in serious problems for prisoners and staff (e.g. Fong & Buentello 1991; Stevens 1997). This study assessed prisoners’ perceptions of gang-event frequency in the U.K.
Wood, Jane L.
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Control and choice in English prisons: developing health-promoting prisons. [PDF]
The 'health-promoting prison' has been informed by a broader settings-based philosophy to health promotion which conceptualizes health as the responsibility for all social settings.
South, J, Dixey, R, Woodall, J
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Delivery of custodial services for profit is not a new concept, with evidence of private people profiting from punishment even in Ancient Greece (D’Amico 2010). As early as 1625, prison administrators in Hamburg and Bremen were paid per diem rates based on
Harding, R +3 more
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Sustainable freight transport optimisation through synchromodal networks
The conventional intermodal freight transportation system lacks the needed flexibility, efficiency and effectiveness among other things. The search for more sustainable system for maritime-hinterland transportation has culminated in the development of ...
Aaron Agbenyegah Agbo, Yanwei Zhang
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Modelling alternative strategies for delivering hepatitis B vaccine in prisons : the impact on the vaccination coverage of the injecting drug user population [PDF]
Since 2001 hepatitis B vaccination has been offered to prisoners on reception into prisons in England and Wales. However, short campaigns of vaccinating the entire population of individual prisons have achieved high vaccination coverage for limited ...
Sutton, AJ +8 more
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Court-Ordered Compulsory Psychiatric Care and the Prosecutor’s Control Function
The health care system is responsible for the implementation of court-ordered compulsory psychiatric care. In order to ensure that the health care system fulfills the statutory responsibility for crime protection, the legislature has added a control ...
Øyvind Holst
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Exploring concepts of health with male prisoners in three category-C English prisons [PDF]
Lay understandings of health and illness have a well established track record and a plethora of research now exists which has examined these issues. However, there is a dearth of research which has examined the perspectives of those who are imprisoned ...
Woodall, J
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Prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons 1890-1899 [PDF]
Dataset of prisoners discharged from Victorian prisons as published in Victorian Police Gazette, 1890-1899. Data includes name, offence, sentence, dates of trial and discharged, trial location, prisoner descriptions and characteristics including age ...
Finnane, Mark +2 more
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