The Violence Reduction Programme: An exploration of posttreatment risk reduction in a specialist medium‐secure unit
The Violence Reduction Programme: An exploration of posttreatment risk reduction in a specialist medium‐secure unit Abstract Background There is limited evidence for treatment programmes for offenders with a diagnosis of…
Mental health in the criminal justice system: A pathways approach to service and research design
Mental health in the criminal justice system: A pathways approach to service and research design Abstract Background Care pathway approaches were introduced into health care in the 1980s and have…
Learning from research: Adapting interventions for sexual offending to improve outcomes
Learning from research: Adapting interventions for sexual offending to improve outcomes Abstract Background Sexual behaviour towards another person who does not or cannot consent to it causes serious harm to…
What next for adolescent forensic mental health research?
What next for adolescent forensic mental health research? Abstract Background A small proportion of every nation's young people become sufficiently antisocial to come into contact with the criminal justice system.…
Mental health and offending in older people: Future directions for research
Mental health and offending in older people: Future directions for research Abstract Background The number of older people and their proportion of the prison population in high‐income countries is increasing…
Comparative outcomes for a national cohort of persons convicted of murder, with and without serious mental illness, and those found not guilty by reason of insanity on a murder charge: A 25‐year follow‐up study
Comparative outcomes for a national cohort of persons convicted of murder, with and without serious mental illness, and those found not guilty by reason of insanity on a murder charge:…
Understanding the overlap between cyberbullying and cyberhate perpetration: Moderating effects of toxic online disinhibition
Understanding the overlap between cyberbullying and cyberhate perpetration: Moderating effects of toxic online disinhibition Abstract Background Problem behaviour theory postulates that different forms of norm violations cluster and can be…
Mentally disordered offenders discharged from designated hospital facilities under the medical treatment and supervision act in Japan: Reoffending and readmission
Mentally disordered offenders discharged from designated hospital facilities under the medical treatment and supervision act in Japan: Reoffending and readmission Abstract Background Current Japanese forensic mental health legislation (Medical Treatment…
Editorial: The power threat meaning framework and forensic mental health settings
Editorial: The power threat meaning framework and forensic mental health settings Jo Ramsden Read the syndicated article here
The primary motivation of sexual homicide offenders in China: Was it for sex, power and control, anger, or money?
The primary motivation of sexual homicide offenders in China: Was it for sex, power and control, anger, or money? Abstract Background Information on sexual homicides in China is scarce, particularly…
Does emotion matter? The role of alexithymia in violent recidivism: A systematic literature review
Does emotion matter? The role of alexithymia in violent recidivism: A systematic literature review Abstract Background Several variables have been evidenced for their association with violent reoffending. Resultant interventions have…
Confronting gang membership and youth violence: Intervention challenges and potential futures
Confronting gang membership and youth violence: Intervention challenges and potential futures Jane L. Wood Read the syndicated article here