... well as research concerning criminal behaviour, forensic psychologists are also concerned with working with offenders; this work can include individual assessments of offenders, interventions in the form of treatment programmes aimed at reducing the chances of prisoners offending again once their sentence has been served and they are released (especially with prisoners who have been given a life-sentence - assessing whether they are able to progress through the categorical system) There has been a rising demand for forensic psychologists within the HM Prison Service and this has largely been due to the aims of the government to lessen to chances of re-offending by increasing interventions that focus on structured group work. Demand has also risen because of aims to increase individual work with prisoners serving life sentences. Work with lifers focuses on assessing and reducing prisoners' level of risk with regards to re-offending. Psychologists are also useful for assisting in the ...

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