Cover -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 1 Psychology and its role in prisons -- Isn't everyone a psychologist? -- Psychology and its role in prisons -- Psychology in prisons: the layout of this book -- 2 Criminal behaviour-how it develops -- Early environment -- Heredity -- Socio-economic status -- Current living circumstances -- Crises and negative events -- Summary -- 3 Understanding sex offenders -- The development of sexual interests -- Differences in sexual attitudes -- Indecent exposure -- Sexual assault and rape -- Sexual offences involving children -- Incest -- Homosexuality -- Prostitution -- Sex offenders in prison -- Summary -- 4 Alcohol and drugs-their role in criminal behaviour -- Good and bad drugs: good and bad uses -- Types of drug -- Alcohol, drugs and crime -- Coming off drugs -- Reducing the risks -- Alcohol and drug use in prison staff -- Summary -- 5 Understanding violence and aggression -- Key words -- Kinds of aggression -- Learning aggression with a purpose -- Gains from aggression -- What makes people aggressive? -- Summary -- 6 Psychological disturbance in prison -- Loss of control -- Loss of family -- Lack of stimulation -- Loss of models -- Psychological disturbance -- Summary -- 7 The impact of AIDS on prison life -- What is AIDS? -- How AIDS is passed on -- Fear of infection -- Who is at risk? -- How can we know who is infected? -- Detecting the AIDS virus -- What the HIV test can and cannot tell -- How do we tell when someone has AIDS? -- How can we protect ourselves? -- Taking precautions -- Controlling AIDS -- The prisoner and AIDS -- Summary -- 8 Communication skills -- Improving communication skills -- What communication skills are important in prisons? -- Giving orders -- Handling requests -- Writing reports -- Summary -- 9 Coping with disturbed prisoners -- Describing psychological disturbance.

Prisoners with learning difficulties -- Brain damage -- Summary -- 10 Coping with face-to-face violence -- Avoiding the problem -- Motives and emotions of aggressors -- Taking precautions -- Facing aggressive people -- Avoid escalation -- Behaviour in the violent situation -- Staff issues -- Summary -- 11 Hostage-taking in prisons -- The history of hostage-taking -- Methods of resolving hostage-taking -- Hostage-taking in British prisons -- Coping with hostage-taking-first on the scene -- Coping with hostage-taking-being a hostage -- Coping with hostage-taking-the aftermath -- Coping with hostage-taking-other staff -- Summary -- 12 Stress and working in prisons -- The effects of stress -- Why are prisons stressful places? -- The need for an optimum level of pressure -- Coping with stress -- Strategies for stress prevention -- Skills for managing stress -- Summary -- 13 Giving evidence in court -- Going to court -- Giving evidence -- Types of evidence-giving -- Summary -- Index.