The Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 23 Issue 1

Listening to women: relational approaches to female offender management

Aisling O’Meara, Meinir Edwards, Jason Davies

The purpose of this paper is to explore women’s experiences of criminal justice systems to inform the development of guidance on working with women.

Examining the relationship between neuropsychological functioning assessed during admission to a high secure psychiatric care hospital and vulnerability to long-term segregation

Ishbel McMichael, Olivia Tiley, Josephine Broyd, David Murphy

This paper aims to examine the relationship between neuropsychological functioning as assessed following admission to a high secure psychiatric care (HSPC) hospital and subsequent…

Social climate and hope amongst staff and prisoners in a high security male prison

Sarah Gibson

There is an increased focus on making prison cultures more rehabilitative, with clear evidence that certain environmental characteristics contribute towards rehabilitation. To…

Risk classes of patients diagnosed with substance use disorders in Dutch forensic psychiatric centers

Michele Schmitter, Jeroen Vermunt, Eric Blaauw, Stefan Bogaerts

Given the complex association between substance use disorders (SUD), comorbid mental health problems and criminal recidivism in forensic patients, homogenous patient classes can…

Suicide prevention across the UK criminal justice system: an overview of current provision and future directions

Stefanie Oliveira Antunes, Verity Wainwright, Neil Gredecki

This paper aims to provide an overview of current suicide prevention across the UK criminal justice system (CJS). It considers shortcomings in current provision and how…

Assessing the risk of self-harm: the impact of safety interventions on the predictive validity of risk assessment in secure care

Alessandra Girardi, Elanor Lucy Webb, Ashimesh Roychowdhury

Self-harm is a cause of concern for health-care professionals. The Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START) is a short-term assessment instrument used to rate the…