Books written by Philip Priestley

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  Victorian Prison Lives

  'Oh, don't put me in there,' cried Mrs Maybrick, 'I cannot bear it.'Z Her cry was one that echoed and re-echoed around the stone walls of the prison house. Helen Gordon heard it years later at Strangeways: 'a scream of horror ...

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  Probation and Politics: Academic Reflections from Former Practitioners

  Recent debate about privatisation of probation in the UK has tended to set up a false dichotomy between state and private which diverts attention from the fact that privatisation as part of a 'rehabilitation revolution' is, in fact, ...

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  Offending Behaviour: Skills and Stratagems for Going Straight

  A handbook for anyone working with offenders - professional or volunteer. The book addresses the problem of how to deal with offenders by directing attention at what happens when people...

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  The Palgrave Handbook of Global Rehabilitation in Criminal Justice

  Clinical Penitentiary Table 4 Risk factors for suicide in prison: clinical, penitentiary, family and stressor events Health problems Alcohol and/or drug use Previous incarcerations Having suffered threats or bullying in prison Family ...

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  Offenders or Citizens?: Readings in Rehabilitation

  This book will be essential reading for both students and practitioners within criminal justice, who have an interest in the rehabilitation of convicted individuals, and providing an essential broader context to the 'what works' debate.

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  Social Skills in Prison and the Community: Problem-Solving for Offenders

  The primary aim of this book, originally published in 1984, is to describe and promote social-skills-based methods for helping offenders cope better with the problems they face in the community: finding and keeping work and accommodation, ...