About this ebook
- Prison Service Journal, March 2007
Dynamic Security describes the theory, practice and management of democratic therapeutic communities (TCs) in prisons using clinical examples and case studies. The contributors explore the complexities of working in TCs and the powerful emotional impact generated in the process of therapy in the forensic setting. In particular, they focus on the previous life history of offenders in therapy and on the effect of former relationship experiences on offenders' behaviour.
This book is an indispensable reference for anyone working in the forensic field in prisons, secure hospitals or dangerous and severe personality disorder (DSPD) units, including psychiatrists, psychologists, prison and probation officers, social workers, prison governors and staff, as well as students in these fields.
About the author
Dennie Briggs trained as a clinical psychologist and sociologist and has conduced a number of transitional therapeutic communities in the US Navy, the California prison system, schools and universities. He resided in the UK for six years, working at Dingleton and Henderson Hospitals, consulting for NACRO and teaching at the North London Polytechnic.
