Prisoners with neurodevelopmental difficulties: Vulnerabilities for mental illness and self‐harm
Prisoners with neurodevelopmental difficulties: Vulnerabilities for mental illness and self‐harm Abstract Background Research into neurodevelopmental disorders in adult offenders has tended to be disorder specific, so hindering service planning for…
The opioid crisis and British prisons
The opioid crisis and British prisons Rob Poole, John Bailey, Catherine A. Robinson Read the syndicated article here
The role of psychopathic traits and moral disengagement in cyberbullying among adolescents
The role of psychopathic traits and moral disengagement in cyberbullying among adolescents Abstract Background The prevalence of cyberbullying suggests that about 15% of school‐aged children are involved in some way,…
Correlates of substance use in pregnant women under community supervision after conviction for a criminal offence: The role of psychological distress
Correlates of substance use in pregnant women under community supervision after conviction for a criminal offence: The role of psychological distress Abstract Background Being pregnant while under community supervision after…
Patient‐rated impulsivity and aggression compared with clinician‐rated risk in a forensic psychiatric sample: Predicting inpatient incidents
Patient‐rated impulsivity and aggression compared with clinician‐rated risk in a forensic psychiatric sample: Predicting inpatient incidents Abstract Background Measures of impulsivity and aggression help to indicate risk of future violence…
Extended suicide, or homicide followed by suicide
Extended suicide, or homicide followed by suicide Abstract Background Suicide with accompanying homicide is frightening and ill understood. Aims To raise professional awareness of its complexities and difficulties and identify…
Looking from the outside: No substitute for rigorous evaluation
Looking from the outside: No substitute for rigorous evaluation Abstract Looking in from the outside, what would the ordinary person expect of forensic mental health services? I suggest that there…
Discrimination against offenders with mental disorder
Discrimination against offenders with mental disorder Abstract Background Mentally disordered offenders may suffer discrimination on the basis of mental disorder, or on the basis of being offenders, or both. Aims…
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.…