Creating HoPE: Mental Health in Western Australian Maximum Security Prisons

The status of prisoners’ mental health has wide-reaching implications for prison inmates, prison authorities and institutions, and the general community. This paper presents the mental health findings from the 2008 Health of Prisoner Evaluation (HoPE) pilot project in which 146 maximum security pris...

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Main Author: Fleming, Jennifer (Author)
Contributors: Kraemer, Sharan ; Gately, Natalie
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2011
In:Year: 2011
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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