title: Three degrees of security: attachment and forensic institutions.
abstract: Attachment theory can be a useful tool for understanding management problems in forensic institutions, where staff and residents are involved in long-term dependency relationships that involve both care and control. The author discusses the relationship between security and violence, and how the forensic institution needs to become a ' secure base'.
authors.affiliation: Broadmoor Hospital, Crowthorne, Berks and Traumatic Stress Clinic, London, UK.
authors.forename: Gwen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Adshead
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012637:Security Measures; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control