“Homeliness, hope and humour” (H3) – ingredients for creating a therapeutic milieu in prisons

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Therapeutic Communities Pub Date : 2018-04-09 DOI:10.1108/TC-05-2017-0015

I. Williams, G. Winship

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to build a new theoretical framework for inscribing the constituents of therapeutic community (TC) practice in prisons and other secure psychiatric settings looking at three core element: homeliness, hope and humour. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on theory building, review of related literature, including research and policy, and synthesis from related funded research projects (Sociology of Health and Illness, Arts Humanities Research Council). Findings Home-as-method, and the concept of transitional home, highlights how a well-designed therapeutic environment looks and feels and can act as a base for effective rehabilitation. The TC aspires to offer a corrective new synthesis of home superseding the resident’s prior experience. A through-going definition of hope-as-method is outlined. It is argued that hope is co-constructed on the TC, and that there is a necessary challenge in gauging fluctuations in hope across time. Humour is a much overlooked idea but arguably an integral ingredient of healthy transactions between prisoners and staff. The particularities of humour present a challenge and an opportunity for harnessing the conditions when humour can flourish and conversely, the chain of events when mal humour damages community atmosphere. Practical implications H3 provides a new framework for reflecting on current TC practice, and also a model for developing novel ways of seeing, including the development of research and policy guidance. H3 also provides a philosophical base for developing a curriculum for education and training. Originality/value The 3Hs offers a rubric for positively narrating the aspirations of a prison milieu. The idea is purposively simple, and so far the authors have found that staff, prisoners and service directors are receptive to the concept, and there are plans for the 3Hs are set to be a narrative descriptor for developing practice in prisons.

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“温馨、希望和幽默”(H3)——在监狱中创造治疗环境的要素

本文的目的是建立一个新的理论框架，以描述监狱和其他安全的精神病学环境中治疗社区(TC)实践的组成部分，并着眼于三个核心要素:家常、希望和幽默。设计/方法/方法本研究的基础是建立理论，回顾相关文献，包括研究和政策，并综合相关资助研究项目(健康与疾病社会学，艺术与人文研究理事会)。“家即方法”和“过渡性家”的概念强调了一个设计良好的治疗环境的外观和感觉，并可以作为有效康复的基础。TC渴望提供一种矫正性的家庭新合成，取代居民先前的经验。本文概述了希望作为方法的完整定义。有人认为，希望是在TC上共同构建的，并且在衡量希望随时间的波动方面存在必要的挑战。幽默是一个容易被忽视的概念，但可以说是囚犯和工作人员之间健康交易的一个组成部分。幽默的特殊性为控制幽默蓬勃发展的条件提供了挑战和机会，相反，当恶意幽默破坏社区氛围时，一系列事件就会发生。实践意义H3为反思当前的TC实践提供了一个新的框架，也为发展新的观察方式提供了一个模型，包括研究和政策指导的发展。H3还为制定教育和培训课程提供了哲学基础。原创性/价值3h为积极叙述监狱环境的愿望提供了一个标准。这个想法很简单，到目前为止，作者已经发现工作人员，囚犯和服务主管都接受这个概念，并且有计划将3h设置为监狱发展实践的叙述描述。

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Therapeutic Communities SUBSTANCE ABUSE-

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期刊介绍： The Journal publishes academic papers, case studies, empirical research and opinion. The Journal is interested in publishing papers that critically creatively engage with ideas drawn from a range of discourses: the therapeutic community movement and other related professional practice, psychoanalysis, art, literature, poetry, music, architecture, culture, education, philosophy, religion and environmental studies. It will be of value to those who work in health services, social services, voluntary and charitable organizations and for all professionals involved with staff teams in therapeutic and supportive organizations.