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SUMMARY:Psychological effects of wrongful conviction and imprisonment - Ad
 rian Grounds
DTSTART:20110301T131000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Anke Plagnol
DESCRIPTION:Adrian Grounds will discuss his study of a series of individua
 ls referred for systematic psychiatric assessment after their convictions 
 were quashed because of miscarriage of justice\, and they were released fr
 om long-term imprisonment. The assessments revealed evidence of substantia
 l psychiatric morbidity. There were complex problems of psychological and 
 social adjustment\, particularly within families. Possible explanations fo
 r these effects are discussed\, and their implications for service and sup
 port needs are considered. These needs do not fit easily within mainstream
  specialist mental health services.\n\nThe psychological consequences were
  unexpected in relation to earlier research on the effects of imprisonment
 . A key question is whether the phenomena relate only to circumstances of 
 wrongful conviction and unjust detention\, or whether they may also occur 
 more generally amongst other long-term prisoners. \n\nAdrian Grounds was a
  University Senior Lecturer in forensic psychiatry at the Institute of Cri
 minology until retirement in April 2010\, and he is currently an honorary 
 research fellow at the Institute.
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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