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<p><strong>Dr. Jamie Bennett</strong> is Deputy Director for the Operational Security Group in HM Prison and Probation Service. He was previously Governor of HMP Long Lartin, a high security prison, and HMP Grendon, the only prison to operate entirely as a series of therapeutic communities. He is also Editor of the Prison Service Journal. <span style= "font-style: inherit;">@dr</span><span style= "font-style: inherit;">jamie</span><span style= "font-style: inherit;">bennett</span></p> <p><strong>Richard Shuker</strong> is Head of Psychology and research at HMP Grendon. He is series editor for the book series Issues in Forensic Psychology, and specialises in therapeutic communities and risk assessment.</p> <p>Their recommended reading:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Bennett, J. and Shuker, R.</strong> (2018), "Hope, harmony and humanity: creating a positive social climate in a democratic therapeutic community prison and the implications for penal practice", Journal of Criminal Psychology, Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 44-57. <a href= "https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-06-2017-0030">https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-06-2017-0030</a></li> <li><strong>Crewe, B</strong> (2021) The Prisoner Society: Power, Adaptation and Social Life in an English Prison. Oxford University Press</li> <li><strong>Haslam, Jetten, Cruwys, Dingle, & Haslam</strong> (2018). The New Psychology of Health</li> <li><strong>Unlocking the Social Cure.</strong> Routledge.</li> </ul>