The required readings for this unit are:

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Maeve, M. K., & Vaughn, M. S. (2001). Nursing with prisoners: The practice of caring, forensic nursing or penal harm nursing? ANS, 24(2), 47-64. Retrieved December 20, 2002, from from Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6682074&db=hch Note - Maeve and Vaughn critically analyze three philosophic stances toward nursing care with prisoners and suggest their philosophic commensurability within traditional nursing practice. A critical hermeneutic perspective is used to illustrate the issues involved.

 

Databases
For the full text article online, sleuth the 'University of Calgary/ Library/ Article Indexes':

Directions:

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  • forensic and philosophy
  • forensic and theory
  • prison - health - theory

 

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The 'recommended only' readings for this unit are the following:

Australia	Recommended Reading(s)

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Canada	Recommended Reading(s)

Austin, W. (2001). Relational ethics in forensic psychiatric settings. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services, 39(9), 12-17. Retrieved July 22, 2002 from Proquest database. The pressure of the competing demands of custody and caring shapes the moral climate of forensic settings. A relational approach to health care ethics, requiring the opening of dialogue, consideration of multiple perspectives, and attention to context, can guide nurses as they strive to engage and respect even their most estranged patients. The core elements of relational ethics include mutual respect, engagement, and attention to the environment Evans, M. (2000). The significance of ethical sophistication. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services, 38(4), 8-13. Retrieved July 22, 2002 from Proquest database. Re-visioning Nurses' Punitive Attitudes within Forensic Psychiatric and Correctional Nursing: Nurses play a significant role in the assessment and treatment of offenders. Nevertheless, studies reveal that many nurses hold punitive attitudes (e.g., favoring retribution) toward offenders such as child sex abusers (Eisenberg et al., 1987; Kelley, 1990; Lariviere & Robinson, 1994; Liaschenko, 1994). Kent-Wilkinson, A. (1993). After the crime, before the trial. Canadian Nurse, 89 (11), 23- 26. Note the philosophical base or the philosophical approaches the author purports are the practice of forensic psychiatric nurses (Kent-Wilkinson, 1993, p. 26).

 

International	Recommended Reading(s)

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United Kingdom	Recommended Reading(s)

Mason, T. & Chandley, M. (1990). Nursing models in a special hospital: A critical analysis of efficacy. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 15, 667-673.

• Note the overview of the historical laws significant to forensic psychiatry in England. Note the reference to Florence Nightingale's holistic concern in the 1800's (Mason & Chandley, 1990, p. 669).

Mason, T. & Mercer, D. (1996). Forensic psychiatric nursing: Vision of social control. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 5, 153-162.

• Note the ideological framework deduced by these authors.

Mercer, D. (1999). Crime, mental disorder and criminology: A critical perspective. In: Tarbuck, P., Topping-Morris, B., Burnard, P.(Eds). Forensic Mental Health. Nursing: Strategy and Implementation. London, Whurr.

• Note the historical theoretical evolvement as an explanation of the relationship between mental disorder and crime.

United States	Recommended Reading(s)

Melton, L., Secrest, J., Chien, A., & Andersen, B. (2001). A community needs assessment for a SANE program using Neuman's model. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 13(4), 178-186. The purpose of this paper is to report the development of guidelines for advanced practice nurses to conduct a community needs assessment for a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program. These guidelines were developed from the Neuman Systems Model (Neuman, 1995) and provide a comprehensive, holistic assessment of a community. Nurses have an important role to play in the assessment, management and evaluation of SANE programs. Spohn, C., & Holleran, D. (2002). The effect of imprisonment on recidivism rates of felony offenders: A focus on drug offenders. Criminology, 40(2), 329-359. Retrieved December 19, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6951638&db=aph Note: Deterrence theory, as developed by eighteenth-century utilitarian philosophers such as Jeremy Bentham (1948) and Cesare Beccaria (1963 [1764]), suggests that crime results from a rational calculation of the costs and benefits of criminal activity: Individuals commit crimes when the benefits outweigh the costs.

 

 

 

Additional references for this unit can be found in 'forensic references' of the forensic sourcebooks.

• Sleuth 'forensic reference' database for:
  • forensic - philosophy
  • forensic - theory
  • prison - health - theory

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic References.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/sourcebooks/experts/Experts_database.html/refs

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Video's recommended for this unit are:

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The required websites to sleuth for this unit are the following:

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Canada	Resources (Web)

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International	Resources (Web)

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United Kingdom	Resources (Web)

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United States	Resources (Web)

Fieser, J. & Dowden, B. (2002). The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved July 13, 2002 from http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/ Note this Internet Encyclopedia on Philosophy. Fieser, J. & Dowden, B. (2001). Timeline of Western Philosophy. Retrieved July 13, 2002 from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Website: http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/westtime.htm Note the great Western philosophers in history. (i.e..Cesare Beccaria- Italy)

 

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For additional websites on this unit, sleuth 'forensic websites' in the forensic sourcebooks.

• forensic - philosophy
• forensic - theory
• prison - health - theory

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic Websites.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/sourcebooks/experts/Experts_database.html/websites

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