Psychological Resources in Australasian Correctional Departments
作者:
Peter Priest,
期刊:
Australian Psychologist
(WILEY Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 31,
issue 1
页码: 1-8
ISSN:0005-0067
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1080/00050069608260167
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
The past and present delivery of psychological services to correctional departments in Australia and New Zealand was surveyed via questionnaires. Responses were received from six of the eight Australian jurisdictions surveyed and the one New Zealand department. Considerable variation in size and range of service was evident. Clinical work, particularly treatment, was the central activity in all cases. Recent developments, such as larger‐scale treatment programs for special groups (e.g., sex offenders) and contributions to overall correctional management were repotted by some respondents. The restructuring of psychology sections in some departments had produced problems in relations between psychologists and their employing departments. Similarities in developments and issues in correctional psychology in the United States, England, and Wales were note
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