‘I’ve lived and bred violence my whole life’: understanding violence in the Irish Prison Service through the lens of the power threat meaning framework

In 2018 the Irish Prison Service (IPS) opened the National Violence Reduction Unit (NVRU), which became home to a small amount of prisoners managed under the Violently Disruptive Prisoner (VDP) policy, who were repeatedly engaged in very serious violence in prison. The NVRU shifted practice under th...

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Authors: Gallagher, Orla (Author) ; Regan, Emma E. (Author) ; O’Reilly, Gary (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Psychology, crime & law
Year: 2025, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 178-206
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Qualitative Research
power threat meaning framework
Violence
Prison