Preventing Prison Violence

Preventing Prison Violence introduces the idea of ''prison ecologies'' - a multi-layered perspective to understanding prison violence as a ''product'' of human environment (social and physical) systemic and societal influences - and how an ecological approach is helpful to prevention effortsterpersonal violence is a global concern and a significant cause of death around the world. In prisons the human financial and health burden of violence presents a significant social issue - as well as a ''wicked problem'' that does not permit of simplistic solutions. Recent innovations in data capture means that questions about violence gang-affiliations and prisons that could not be answered previously can now be explored. The central theme of this book is that prisons are ''ecologies'' - spaces where people resources and the built environment are interrelated - and that violence is a product of a complex of interpersonal and environmental factors that increase the likelihood of assault - but also provide opportunities for solutions. Drawing on psychology geography indigenous knowledge gang culture and predictive modelling this book expands beyond the conventional individual-focused ''assessment-intervention-prevention'' approach to research in this field towards a holistic and ecological way of thinking that recognises individual organisational and cultural factors as well as the role of the physical environment itself in the facilitation and prohibition of aggression.Providing a comprehensive resource for those who are interested in making prisons safer; firmly based in contemporary research and theory Preventing Prison Violencewill be of great interest to students and scholars of Penology Violence and Forensic Psychology as well as to professionals working in criminal justice settings.The Open Access version of this book available at http: //taylorfrancis has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.