The Essen Climate Evaluation Schema Essences
A Manual and more
9780889374812
108 pages
Hogrefe Publishing Corporation
Overview
The social climate in settings such as forensic psychiatric hospitals and prisons is crucial to their success. The Essen Climate Evaluation Scheme (EssenCES) described here is a short well-validated questionnaire that measures three essential facets of an institution's social atmosphere. An overview of the EssenCES is followed by detailed advice on how to administer and score it and how to interpret findings as well as reference norms from various countries and types of institution. The EssenCES manual and more is thus a highly useful tool for researchers clinicians and service managers working in forensic settings.
