This edition of Prison Service Journal, guest edited by Dr Ruth Mann and Jeannine Hendrick, examines what causes prison violence, what works in reducing prison violence, and equally importantly, what doesn’t work.
In this edition:
- Editorial comment, by Dr Ruth Mann and Jeannine Hendrick
- Understanding Prison Violence Trends and Correlates, by Philip Dent, David Dorrell and Philip Howard
- Staff culture, authority and prison violence, by Dr Ben Crewe and Professor Alison Liebling
- Prison Culture and Prison Violence, by Jenny Tew, Richard Vince and Julie Luther
- Conflicts in prison, by Dr Kimmett Edgar
- Preventing and Reducing Prison Bullying, by Dr Kate Gooch, Dr James Treadwell and Russ Trent
- The illicit economy, debt and prison violence: Is prisoner debt inevitable?, by Alan Hammill and Rebecca Newby
- Violence, Aggression and Agitation – What part do New Psychoactive Substances play?, by Michael Wheatley, Martin Stephens and Matthew Clarke
- Reducing Gang Related Prison Violence, by Dr Rachel Horan, Christopher Dean and Phil Sutcliffe
- Mindfulness meditation as a tool for increasing emotion regulation and reducing violence, by Steven M. Gillespie
- Reducing prison violence: the role of programmes, by Dr Fiona Williams
- Eating your insides out: cultural, physical and institutionally-structured violence in the prison place, by David Scott
