Forensic Psychologists: Prisons, Power, and Vulnerability

Author:   Jason Warr (De Montfort University, UK)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
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9781839099618


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   23 November 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jason Warr (De Montfort University, UK)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight:   0.457kg
ISBN:  

9781839099618


ISBN 10:   1839099615
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   23 November 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"""This is a landmark study of the distinct form that psychological power has come to take in prison, despite being wielded by an insecure, beleaguered workforce. It is written with insight and imagination. The prison is a place of punishment, and yet it seeks to 'remake' the prisoner. The forensic psychologist has come to lie at the heart of this contradiction, largely serving the institutions' interests using a new, and flawed, 'disciplinary capital'. Jason Warr’s analysis of just how 'entangled with power' they have become is original, critical, and shrewd."" -- Professor Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge, UK ""Forensic Psychologists fills an important gap in the prison governance literature by exploring the conflicted and complicated role of the prison psychologist, a newly influential and intimidating actor in contemporary prisons. This fascinating and accessible book will be of interest not only to prison scholars, but also to scholars of power, capital, habitus, emotional work, and gender in the workplace."" -- Ashley T. Rubin, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA"


This is a landmark study of the distinct form that psychological power has come to take in prison, despite being wielded by an insecure, beleaguered workforce. It is written with insight and imagination. The prison is a place of punishment, and yet it seeks to 'remake' the prisoner. The forensic psychologist has come to lie at the heart of this contradiction, largely serving the institutions' interests using a new, and flawed, 'disciplinary capital'. Jason Warr's analysis of just how 'entangled with power' they have become is original, critical, and shrewd. -- Professor Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge, UK


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Jason Warr is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at De Montfort University, UK. He has conducted research in a number of criminal justice settings and has written on topics as diverse as the emotional geographies of prison, Titan prisons, the pains of imprisonment, narrative criminology, and sensory penalities and criminology.

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