Improving the Wellbeing of Female Prisoners via Psychological Skills Training: a Feasibility Study

Prisoners display significantly higher rates of mental disorders and lower mental wellbeing than the general population. The integration of positive psychological interventions in offender supervision has received recent advocacy. The aim of the current pre-post pilot study was to determine the shor...

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Main Author: Lo, Laura (Author)
Contributors: Carey, Marissa ; Iasiello, Matthew ; van Agteren, Joseph
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2020]
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2020, Volume: 64, Issue: 15, Pages: 1571-1586
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