Exploring the therapeutic and rehabilitative climate of three prisons for men with sexual convictions
Journal article
Authors | Blagden, N. and Penford, E. |
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Abstract | There is a lack of research on the rehabilitative climate of prisons for men with sexual convictions and the impact this could have on their rehabilitation. This research aims to explore the therapeutic and rehabilitative climate of three prisons for men with sexual convictions and to provide new understandings on what is important for a prison to be rehabilitative. It compares the rehabilitative and therapeutic climate of three prisons housing men with sexual convictions. It explores key pathways through which correlates of prison climate, for example, prisoner-staff relationships and beliefs about change, are associated with rehabilitative climate and treatment readiness. The results found that prisons with established rehabilitative track records scored more highly on key determinants of a rehabilitative climate. Path analysis revealed prisoner–staff relationships predicted treatment readiness but that this relationship was fully mediated by rehabilitative climate, suggesting that rehabilitative climate plays a pivotal role in how prisoner–staff relationships affect treatment readiness. Implications for practice are discussed. |
Keywords | prison; rehabilitative prison climate; therapeutic climate; readiness for treatment |
Year | 2025 |
Journal | Psychiatry, Psychology and Law |
Publisher | Routledge - Taylor and Francis |
ISSN | 1934-1687 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2025.2454574 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13218719.2025.2454574 |
Funder | University of Derby |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 18 Mar 2025 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 08 Jan 2025 |
Deposited | 01 Apr 2025 |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/qx57y/exploring-the-therapeutic-and-rehabilitative-climate-of-three-prisons-for-men-with-sexual-convictions
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