Relational security: The impact of facility design on youth custodial staffs’ practices and approaches

Relational security: The impact of facility design on youth custodial staffs' practices and approaches Abstract Background Constructive relationships between staff and young people in custody are a vital component of…
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Exploration of adverse patterns of placement of young people in secure care: The unwanted child?

Exploration of adverse patterns of placement of young people in secure care: The unwanted child? Abstract Background Emerging evidence suggests that distant placements and multiple moves may be detrimental to…
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Disparities in use of disciplinary solitary confinement by mental health diagnosis, race, sexual orientation and sex: Results from a national survey in the United States of America

Disparities in use of disciplinary solitary confinement by mental health diagnosis, race, sexual orientation and sex: Results from a national survey in the United States of America Abstract Background Solitary…
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Examining the interplay of attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms and trait anger as contributing factors to institutional misconduct among justice‐involved adolescents

Examining the interplay of attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms and trait anger as contributing factors to institutional misconduct among justice‐involved adolescents Abstract Background Although justice-involved adolescents have a higher prevalence of trait…
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A review of services for vulnerable people detained in Northern Ireland prisons: The impact of underfunding

A review of services for vulnerable people detained in Northern Ireland prisons: The impact of underfunding Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 1-4, February 2022. Leanne…
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The role of depressive symptoms between neighbourhood disorder, criminal justice contact, and suicidal ideation: Integrating an ecological stress model with General Strain Theory

The role of depressive symptoms between neighbourhood disorder, criminal justice contact, and suicidal ideation: Integrating an ecological stress model with General Strain Theory Abstract Background While much literature has examined…
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Mistakes in interpersonal perceptions: Social cognition in aggressive forensic psychiatry patients

Mistakes in interpersonal perceptions: Social cognition in aggressive forensic psychiatry patients Abstract Background While there is an established link between untreated psychosis and aggression, an enhanced understanding of the role…
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Effects of mindfulness‐based interventions on psychological distress and mindfulness in incarcerated populations: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Effects of mindfulness‐based interventions on psychological distress and mindfulness in incarcerated populations: A systematic review and meta‐analysis Abstract Background As incarcerated populations report significantly higher prevalence rates for psychological distress…
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Intergenerational transmission of personality disorder severity and the role of psychosocial risk factors

Intergenerational transmission of personality disorder severity and the role of psychosocial risk factors Abstract Background Familial influences on the development of many psychopathologies are well recognised, yet the psychosocial risk…
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Misalignment of rights, negative perception and moral intuition: The trust issue in China’s forensic psychiatric evaluation

Misalignment of rights, negative perception and moral intuition: The trust issue in China's forensic psychiatric evaluation Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, Volume 31, Issue 6, Page 363-367, December 2021. Lei…
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