Dangerous and Severe - Process, Programme and Person
Grendon's Work
1st Edition
Published on 9. August 2004
224 pages
978-1-84642-045-0 (ISBN)
Description
HMP Grendon hosts the UK's only prison-based therapeutic community, inhabited by around 200 residents, almost all convicted of crimes against the person, and about half of whom have killed. This is an inside account of the work, and the theory behind the work, carried out at a prison which not only exemplifies the best in prison philosophy, but also a pioneering approach to the treatment of psychopaths.
Previously the Director of Therapies at Grendon, Mark Morris provides a unique insight into the work of this experimental prison regime. He tracks its history from the 1950s, and describes how its approaches have evolved over the decades. He explores Grendon's status as a provider of a psychological therapy, and positions its treatment process as a therapeutic community, explaining why this approach is so appropriate and effective for helping prisoners with personality disorders, and how the prison environment can help in the rehabilitation of offenders.
Previously the Director of Therapies at Grendon, Mark Morris provides a unique insight into the work of this experimental prison regime. He tracks its history from the 1950s, and describes how its approaches have evolved over the decades. He explores Grendon's status as a provider of a psychological therapy, and positions its treatment process as a therapeutic community, explaining why this approach is so appropriate and effective for helping prisoners with personality disorders, and how the prison environment can help in the rehabilitation of offenders.
Reviews / Votes
Dr. Morris' book should be of considerable interest to practitioners and students alike. Case illustration provides illuminating examples of offenders' histories with their subsequent engagement in the program. It is refreshing indeed, to se the term "therapeutic community" spelled out and not depreciated by its upper case initials. -- Therapeutic Communities Journal This book is an inside account of the work, and the theory behind the work, carried out at a prison which not only exemplifies the best in prison philosophy, but also a pioneering approach to the treatment of psychopaths... This is a book for anyone interested in therapeutic communities, in constructive prison regimes, in treatment programmes for DSPD people and for anyone who looks for hope within prisons. -- Prison Service JournalMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-84642-045-0 (9781846420450)
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08/2004
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
€43.50
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Person
Mark Morris is Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy at the Portman Clinic, Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. He previously worked as Director of Therapy at HMP Grendon, Buckinghamshire.
Content
Preface. 1. Grendon Prison - and introduction. 2. Grendon's Men. 3. Grendon's Process. 4. Grendon's Programme - models of change. 5. Grendon Staff - clinical pluralism. 6. Grendon as a Psychodynamic Treatment. 7. Dilemmas in Management. 8. Looking Forwards and DSPD. References. Index
