Conference Cycle The reality and challenges of psychology in a prison setting

Event aimed at students of the Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. The aim is to explore the challenges associated with practising psychology in a prison context, namely difficulties arising from the institutional environment itself, the implications of internal policies and regulations that frame intervention, as well as the challenges posed by the characteristics and trajectories of the prison population.

Programme

Conference included in the Psychology Conference Cycle

"Between physical and institutional bars: The reality and challenges of psychology in a Prison Context".

This presentation will explore the challenges associated with practising psychology in a prison context. It will address the difficulties arising from the institutional environment itself, the implications of internal policies and regulations that frame intervention, as well as the challenges posed by the characteristics and trajectories of the prison population.

Speaker

Professor Doctor Marta Sousa
Assistant Professor at Lusófona University - Porto University Centre, integrated member of the Hei-lab Digital Laboratories of Human-Environment Interaction Labs (Lisbon, Portugal), Forensic Psychologist and expert at the Associação de Psicologia da Universidade do Minho.