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This up-to-date collection begins with an account and analysis of the role of psychologists in prisons in relation to research. Looks at the results of evidence based psychological approaches to working with prisoners. First half of the book has its primary focus on psychological evaluation research. Includes chapters on psychological research on suicide, bullying, life sentenced prisoners and staff sickness

It is claimed that the psychological study of Africa has historically served the colonial drives of Europe & the US, & has militated against the interests of African natives; even the present-day research carried out by Africans trained in European or US educational systems perpetuates the subjugation of Africans in some respects. A review of research rationales shows that implicitly or explicitly, scholars are less concerned with the psychological health of Africans than they are with their own contribution to their own knowledge specialties or with improving the chances for "self-knowledge" among Europeans &/or Americans. The character of psychological testing carried out by the US Agency for International Development in the early 1960s is described, suggesting that research findings became data for use in the economic & political manipulation of Africans. Recommendations for psychological research that serves the social needs of Africans are offered. 50 References. D. Dunseath.