The Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 25 Issue 4

Patients’ experiences of forensic mental health inpatient care: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature

Karen Humphries, Caroline Clarke, Kate Willoughby, Jake Smithson

The purpose of this paper is to develop an understanding of the experience of secure care from the patients’ perspective.

Impact of problem-solving skills and attributional retraining intervention on conduct disorder among junior male students at public secondary school in Nigeria: a non-randomized control study

Sewanu Awhangansi, Michael Lewis, Khalid Karim, Jibril Abdulmalik, Philip Archard, Adeniran Okewole, Michelle O'Reilly

This paper aims to report a non-randomized control study undertaken to investigate prevalence and correlates of conduct disorder among male secondary education students in…

Understanding experiences of suicidality within women’s prisons in England: a systematic review of the qualitative literature

Laura Struthers, Adam Mahoney

Suicide and suicide-related incidents have increased within women’s prisons in the UK. This paper aims to synthesise the findings of qualitative literature, to gain a deeper…

Prison to desistance: (re)integration and aftercare for those released from prison

Carollyne Youssef

Most prisoners are eventually returned to their communities, making their transition into the community and aftercare a fundamental aspect of successful re-entry. This paper aims…

A pedagogic evaluation comparing face to face and online formats of a multi-professional offender personality disorder (OPD) higher education training programme

Gary Lamph, Alison Elliott, Sue Wheatcroft, Gillian Rayner, Kathryn Gardner, Michael Haslam, Emma Jones, Mick McKeown, Jane Gibbon, Nicola Graham-Kevan, Karen Wright

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of a novel offender personality disorder (OPD) higher education programme and the research evaluation results collected over a…

Case series analysis validation of the ERICSO: a new assessment tool for internet child abuse material offenders

Catherine Garrington, Sally Fiona Kelty, Debra Rickwood, Douglas Boer

There are limited risk assessment tools validated for use with the internet child abuse material (I/CAM) offender cohort. Developed through a multi-stage process, the purpose of…

HKT-R Spider reference profiles. A guideline for fact-based decision-making regarding a forensic patients leave

Paul Ter Horst, Marinus Spreen, Stefan Bogaerts

This paper aims to illustrate by means of a case study how HKT-R Spider reference profiles of recidivists and non-recidivists may be supportive in leave decisions.

An exploration of staff views of a trauma-informed pathway in a sentenced and remand prison

Clare Crole-Rees, Jack Tomlin, Natasha Kalebic, Morwenna Collings, Neil P. Roberts, Andrew Forrester

People in prisons have a high prevalence of poly-traumatisation throughout their life span. The behavioural and emotional sequalae of trauma are likely to be managed across the…

Exploration of student sex work in the North East of England

Mollie Haskins, Tinisha Osu, Michelle Carr

This paper aims to explore the prevalence, motivations and support for student sex work within North East higher education institutions. With limited existing research in this…

Suicide concerns among pretrial detainees: validation of the Portuguese version of the SCOPE-2

Joana Andrade, Hugo Gomes, Rui Gonçalves, Andreia Castro-Rodrigues

Remand prisoners (RPs) are known to be in a more vulnerable situation than those already convicted. Beyond the difficulties to adapt to the prison, RP also tend to experience…

The function of food refusal in male prisons and custodial environments. A rapid evidence assessment (REA)

Jessica Adlam, Gemma Powell

This rapid evidence assessment (REA) study aims to synthesise what is known about food refusal within male prison populations to aid a better understanding of why this occurs. By…

The impact of institutional child abuse: views of professionals

Rebecca Ozanne, Jane L. Ireland, Carol A. Ireland, Abigail Thornton

The purpose of this study is to build on previous literature in this area thus, the views of professionals working with those who report institutional abuse was sought using a…

“Their home companion for us to share”; the rehabilitative value of staff bringing their dogs into a UK prison

Kirsten Wilson

Whilst a growing body of support exists for the use of prison animal programmes (PAPs), research within UK prisons is sparse. Opportunity to add to this body of literature is also…