A general edition of the Prison Service Journal, focusing on three groups: people convicted of sexual offences; transgender prisoners, and people who have neurodevelopmental disorders.
In this edition:
- Editorial comment
- Power, shame and social relations in prisons for men convicted of sex offences, by Alice Ievins
- The transition from prison to the community of people convicted of sexual offences: Policy and practice recommendations, by Dr Lynn Saunders OBE
- ‘No one told me about Circles’: Perspectives of Circles of Support and Accountability and Perceived Support to Prevent Sexual Reoffending, Honorary Professor Dr Geraldine Akerman and Caitlin Brown
- ‘I want the male and the female wings. I don’t want a special trans wing for people.’ Transgender people in custody in Scotland’s views about transgender specific facilities within prisons, by Dr Matthew Maycock
- A qualitative study exploring vicarious trauma in prison officers, by Dr Alicia King and Dr Caroline Oliver
- Young men in prison with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Missed, misdiagnosed and misinterpreted, by Professor Amanda Kirby, Betony Clasby, Professor W. Huw Williams and Dr Mary Ann Megan Cleaton
- Ex-prisoners experiences of healthcare in prison and the community in Scotland, by Dr James Fraser
Book review:
- Life Imprisonment from Young Adulthood. Adaptation, Identity and Time, by Ben Crewe, Susie Hulley and Serena Wright (reviewed by Professor Karen Harrison)