Research from psychologists shows that male firesetting prisoners can be effectively treated with a pioneering treatment.
In a two-year study involving prisoners at Swaleside and Elmley prisons, researchers from the Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychology (CORE-FP) in the School of Psychology found overwhelming evidence that their treatment involving cognitive behavioural therapy was effective.
There had previously been no interventions available to treat men who deliberately set fires. The research on the evaluation of the treatment is published in the journal Behaviour, Research and Therapy.
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