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Imagining more than just a prisoner : the work of prisoners' penfriends
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Hodgson, Jacqueline and Horne, Juliet (2015) Imagining more than just a prisoner : the work of prisoners' penfriends. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Warwick School of Law Research Paper (2015/12).
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Prisoners Penfriends is a small charitable organisation that facilitates and supervises letter-writing between prisoners and trained volunteers. In the light of current resource pressures on the prison system and a recent rise in prisoner suicides, it is timely to examine whether this befriending project may be able to contribute to the well-being and rehabilitation of prisoners. This research project set out to gather and analyse the views of prisoners and volunteers about the work of Prisoners’ Penfriends, particularly its impact on prisoners’ well-being and on their feelings about life after release from prison. The views were gathered through telephone interviews (volunteers) and through questionnaires (prisoners and volunteers).
Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PE English |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Social work with criminals, Letter writing--Social aspects, Written communication--Social aspects, Prisoners--Rehabilitation, Volunteer workers in corrections | ||||
Series Name: | Warwick School of Law Research Paper | ||||
Publisher: | University of Warwick | ||||
Place of Publication: | Coventry | ||||
Official Date: | 18 April 2015 | ||||
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Number: | 2015/12 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 60 | ||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Funder: | Allen Lane Foundation, University of Warwick. School of Law, Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||
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