Media are highly prevalent in today’s society and represent a ubiquitous means of communication that

may shape the way people think,

feel and behave. Media are available not only to people in the community, but also to users of custodial,
psychiatric, and secure community

residential services. For example, the range of media an offender may

have access to could include; television, the internet, social media,

books, magazines, newspapers, computer games, and mobile phones

(Chappell & Shippen, 2013). Exposure to risk-related content online

may encourage viewers to enact risk-taking behaviours offline,

including violence to others (Branley & Covey, 2017). For individuals

who have a history of maladaptive behaviour, such forms of media

exposure may be a channel for further problematic behaviour, and an

opportunity to express negative thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. An

inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (2017)