‘Their life in your hands’: the experiences of prison-based psychologists conducting risk assessments with indeterminate sentenced prisoners in the United Kingdom

Assessing prisoners’ risk of recidivism and making risk-management recommendations is central to the work of prison-based psychologists. Risk assessment is particularly crucial when it involves indeterminate sentenced prisoners: psychologists’ recommendations have potentially significant consequence...

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Main Author: Shingler, Jo (Author)
Contributors: Needs, Adrian ; Sonnenberg, Stefanie J.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Psychology, crime & law
Year: 2020, Volume: 26, Issue: 4, Pages: 311-326
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Prisons
Psychologists
Risk Assessment
indeterminate sentence