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Finding Common Ground: Using Focus Groups to Define Values among Prisoners and Staff
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Christopher J. Seel; Katy Holloway; Ioannis Angelakis; Jennifer L. Austin – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2024
Positive effects of Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) frameworks have been reported in juvenile justice facilities but have not yet been extended to adult prisons. As part of initial PBIS development in a large prison in the United Kingdom, this study utilized focus groups to investigate the valued outcomes considered most…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Employees
Learning Disabilities and Criminal Justice: Custody Sergeants' Perceptions of Alleged Offenders with Learning Disabilities
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Hellenbach, Michael – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Recent research demonstrates that despite increased attention and awareness by politicians and decision-makers, people with learning disabilities are still disadvantaged when engaging with the criminal justice system. It has been argued that shortcomings in providing support are because of criminal justice professionals lacking necessary skills…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Criminals, Juvenile Justice, Mental Retardation
Management of Security Services in Higher Education. National Report.
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, Cardiff. – 2002
This report, the seventh in a series from the Value for Money Steering Group, identifies the key management issues for governors, senior managers, and heads of security services at institutions of higher education in the United Kingdom in developing and reviewing security services to ensure that they are effective and provide value for money.…
Descriptors: Administration, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education