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2008
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Situational Risk Factors and Institutional Violence
By Cooke, David J.; Johnstone, Lorraine; Gadon, Lisa. Scottish Prison Service (Edinburgh, Scotland).
The use of the Promoting Situational Risk Interventions by Situational Management - Scottish Prison Service Version (PRISM-SPS) is evaluated. Sections of this report include overview, abstract, background, methodology, results (e.g., risk factors ratings, user-satisfaction, and prisons' feedback), and discussion. PRISM-SPS is found to be an effective tool for assessing situational risk factors and violence in prisons.... Read More
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1998
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Psychopaths: Their Nature and Impact on Corrections [Videoconference held August 5, 1998]
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
This three-hour interactive videoconference addresses both adult and juvenile psychopaths who are incarcerated or under community supervision. It covers the following topics: identification, diagnosis, and classification of psychopathic offenders and detainees; assessing their risk for violence (prediction studies); special considerations with psychopathic sex offenders; costs associated with managing these offenders and detainees; the implications for treatment, management, and release; Hendric... Read More

1 DVD (180 min.)


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