The Essen Climate Evaluation Schema Essences

Download or read book The Essen Climate Evaluation Schema – EssenCES written by Norbert Schalast and published by Hogrefe Publishing GmbH. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social atmosphere in forensic hospitals and prisons is crucial to their success – this "manual and more" shows how to assess the climate and identify ways of improving it. The social climate in settings such as forensic psychiatric hospitals and prisons is crucial to their success. The Essen Climate Evaluation Schema (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 institutions. The EssenCES "manual and more" is thus a highly useful tool for researchers, clinicians, and service managers working in forensic settings.