The British Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 3 Issue 3
Table of contents
Measuring Insight in a High‐security Forensic Setting Using the Behavioural Status Index
Phil Woods, Val Reed, Mick CollinsOne of the challenging facets of mental health care can be that of trying to deal with a patient's level of insight. Problems that seem apparent to assessing practitioners are…
A Further 12‐Month Study of Violent Incidents Within a Medium Secure Psychiatric Unit (and a Comparison with the Previous 12 Months)
Barrie Green, Lynne RobinsonRecords of violent incidents were retrospectively analysed to identify trends associated with violent incidents within an NHS medium secure psychiatric unit. Over a 12‐month…
The Role of the Forensic Nurse Consultant Observed
Gill Chalder, Peter NolanA survey of the views of members of a forensic mental health team on the post of forensic nurse consultant was carried out by means of a questionnaire. All respondents were…
Current Approaches to Sex‐offender Risk Assessment: a Critical Review
Adrian WestThis critical review considers the limitations and advantages of the clinical, actuarial and structured clinical judgement approaches as they are applied to the assessment of risk…