The British Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 10 Issue 1

Recognising, understanding and managing risk of violent victimisation

Kimberlie Dean

Factors associated with quality of life in a cohort of forensic psychiatric in‐patients

Clive Long, Andrew McLean, Anita Boothby, Clive Hollin

Self‐reported quality of life (QOL) was examined in a cohort of detained psychiatric in‐patients. Two patient groups, categorised as high and low on the Lehman Quality of Life…

Can massage and aromatherapy benefit the users of forensic psychiatric services?

Alessandra Brownsword, Elina Baker

This article reports on the contribution that complementary therapies can make to the well‐being of service users who are recovering from mental distress. As part of a wider…

Offence characteristics, trauma histories and post‐traumatic stress disorder symptoms in life sentenced prisoners

Elizabeth Payne, Andrew Watt, Paul Rogers, Mary McMurran

Life‐long trauma histories and PTSD symptoms in 26 life sentence prisoners detained in a British Category B prison were examined. Prisoners were categorised on the basis of…

A survivor‐orientated approach to the rehabilitation of a personality‐disordered institutionalised medium secure service user: case study

Alex Hossack, Jennie McCarthy, Elaine McClean, Leslie Serette

This case study illustrates the rehabilitation of a woman who suffered chronic sexual, physical and emotional abuse throughout childhood that resulted in 20 years of secure…

Referrals of older adults to forensic and psychiatric intensive care services: a retrospective case‐note study in Scotland

Clare McLeod, Graeme Yorston, Robert Gibb

The aim was to determine the number of referrals of people aged 55 and over to three forensic and psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) services in Scotland, and to describe…