Therapeutic virtual reality in prison: Participatory design with incarcerated women

Teng, Melissa Qingqing; Gordon, Eric

doi:10.1177/1461444821993131

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“…Despite the absence of her family and the challenges she faces, she expresses her determination to be courageous and overcome obstacles. This resilience and inner strength align with previous research that emphasizes the significance of psychological fortitude and the ability to adapt to challenging circumstances in prison settings (Teng & Gordon, 2021).…”

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A Mother’s Unconditional Love: Experience of a Person’s Deprived of Liberty (PDL)

Aquino

2023

JEHCP

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This study aims to retell and comprehend the story of a mother in the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) using a narrative approach, focusing on her life choices that reflect her unconditional love for her imprisoned children. The research seeks to explore the obstacles she encounters and the coping mechanisms she utilizes to survive behind bars, as well as any valuable life lessons she has learned. The research participant was selected through purposive sampling, and the researcher ensured the validity and pilot testing of the questionnaire guide. Throughout her journey, the mother faces both positive and negative events that challenge her ability to survive and overcome various obstacles. These challenges include the absence of family support, limited food availability, and the management system within BuCor. However, the study finds that these challenges can be overcome. Despite the difficulties, the mother actively participates in numerous BuCor activities, which allows her to gain profound insights and reflect on her own behavior. She has willingly made sacrifices in her life without any regrets, all for the sake of her children's survival.

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confidence: 87%

A Mother’s Unconditional Love: Experience of a Person’s Deprived of Liberty (PDL)

Aquino

2023

JEHCP

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“…Concerns about bringing the necessary technology into forensic settings were also rife. Historically, prison services across countries have been hesitant to adopt digital technologies (Teng and Gordon, 2021). However, more recently, prisons in both the USA and the UK have begun to pilot VR applications (Teng and Gordon, 2021; van Rijn et al , 2017), as have forensic inpatient settings (Klein Tuente et al , 2020), demonstrating the feasibility of VR in these secure facilities.…”

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Clinicians’ perceptions of virtual reality for firesetting

Sambrooks

Lockerbie²,

Majid³

et al. 2022

JFP

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Purpose Virtual reality (VR) is a novel technology that could be used in the assessment and/or treatment of deliberate firesetting. This study aims to develop an understanding of clinicians’ views of VR for deliberate firesetting, to identify areas where VR could potentially add value to current practice and any particular barriers to using VR in this context. Design/methodology/approach Through an online survey, 73 clinicians rated their agreement with nine potential benefits of using VR for firesetting and 11 potential barriers to using it. They also provided free text responses detailing the greatest perceived potential benefit and the greatest perceived barrier. Factors related to intent to use VR for firesetting in the future were explored. Findings Clinicians perceived the ability to safely expose clients to fire-related stimuli to be highly beneficial. However, clinicians were concerned about the possibility of re-traumatisation and logistic barriers. Previous experience of using VR with individuals who have set fires was significantly related to using it in the future. Practical implications Further research establishing the feasibility and effectiveness of using VR with individuals who have set fires may help alleviate clinicians’ concerns. Increasing opportunities for clinicians to experience a firesetting VR programme may widen the implementation of firesetting VR. Originality/value Previous research has only focused on clinicians’ perceptions of VR in the general field of forensic mental health and has failed to consider offence-specific applications.

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“…Additionally, in light of the forensic youth care context the current study is focusing on, it might have been of added value to work with individuals with lived experience of both the forensic setting and acting. This would follow the example of Teng and Gordon [44], who co-created a VR-based reentry training working together with actors who themselves had a history of imprisonment or who were coached on set by formerly imprisoned people. Individuals with lived experience may act as more credible messengers when trying to convey a certain message [45].…”

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Ethnic representation within virtual reality: a co-design study in a forensic youth care setting

Klein Schaarsberg,

van Dam,

Widdershoven

et al. 2024

BMC Digit Health

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Background Virtual reality (VR) is one of the most cutting-edge digital technologies currently used to extend and adapt mental health interventions. When designing therapeutic VR-applications, bias related to representational and behavioral features can be introduced. Specific bias, that could result from ethnic stereotyping, should be averted. However, structured debates and clear guidelines on how to deal with such bias are lacking. Objective In the current paper we describe our iterative, co-design process to develop an augmented version of a 360-degree VR-video that is used in the Street Temptations intervention. In this intervention, aimed at adolescents with disruptive behavior problems, the VR-video provides adolescents with an emotionally engaging situation and forms the basis of Street Temptations’ perspective-taking exercises. By presenting a detailed example of our VR developmental process, specifically focusing on ethnic representation in this virtual environment and related ethical aspects, we aim to positively contribute to the creation of ethically sound therapeutic VR-applications. Method We adopted an experience-based co-design approach. The process started by assembling professionals’ experiences with the original VR-video. Following, we conducted four co-design groups with adolescents, young adults, and professionals within the forensic youth care system, as experiential experts, to collaboratively develop an enhanced VR-scenario for the Street Temptations intervention. In total, ten adolescents, four young adults and four professionals participated. The co-design groups were alternated with sessions with a screenwriter, to reflect on the results of the co-design groups. In this way, we enabled continuous feedback on and design of the ameliorated scenario and let development and data collection reinforce each other. Results The most important adjustments that were brought forward included explicit incorporation of diversity, establishing a clear storyline for the scenario, keeping the content close to reality, casting actors in a way to avoid obvious stigmatization, and using only names for the characters that are commonly used across different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Discussion By presenting our developmental process, we give a detailed example of how to reflectively develop ethically sound therapeutic VR-content within a forensic youth care setting. We demonstrated that including stakeholders can help in preventing socially irresponsible and conceivably hurtful stereotypes. By describing the process in detail, we hope to contribute to the responsible use of technology within mental health care.

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Therapeutic virtual reality in prison: Participatory design with incarcerated women

Cited by 9 publications

References 41 publications

A Mother’s Unconditional Love: Experience of a Person’s Deprived of Liberty (PDL)

A Mother’s Unconditional Love: Experience of a Person’s Deprived of Liberty (PDL)

Clinicians’ perceptions of virtual reality for firesetting

Ethnic representation within virtual reality: a co-design study in a forensic youth care setting

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