Apr 8, 2021
David S. Prescott is an award-winning, internationally recognised expert in the field of offending behaviour. A mental health practitioner of 36 years and the Editor of Safer Society Press, he is the author and editor of 20 books in the areas of understanding and improving services to people at risk of offending. He is...
Nov 19, 2020
Dr Rachael Wheatley is Senior Forensic Psychologist for HM Prisons and Probation Service in the Midlands region. She specialises in identifying and working with those who stalk and those who manage them. She is currently setting up a virtual reference group nationally with links to partner organisations across the...
Nov 5, 2020
Jo Shingler is a Chartered Forensic Psychologist who specialises in psychological risk assessment with people in prison.
Her recommended reading:
Gannon, T. A., & Ward, T. (2014). Where has all the psychology gone? Aggression and Violent Behavior, 19(4), 435-446. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2014.06.006
Maruna, S. (2011). Why do...
Oct 29, 2020
Laura Baverstock is the National Specialist Lead for HM Prison and Probation Service's Horizon programme, which is an intervention delivered to men who have a sexual conviction as part of an antisocial criminal orientation, and are considered to be at a medium, high or very high risk of re-conviction.
Dr. Jamie Walton...
Oct 22, 2020
Dr. Jamie Bennett is Deputy Director for the Operational Security Group in HM Prison and Probation Service. He was previously Governor of HMP Long Lartin, a high security prison, and HMP Grendon, the only prison to operate entirely as a series of therapeutic communities. He is also Editor of the Prison Service Journal.