The British Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 10 Issue 4

Personality disorder, inreach services and day treatment services

David Ndegwa

Forensic mental health services: facts and figures on current provision

Max Rutherford, Sean Duggan

Forensic mental health services play an important role in providing treatment and accommodation for people diverted from prison or the courts who require secure and specialist…

Injuries to staff from implementation of physical interventions: could poor manual handling be at fault?

Brendon Stubbs

This paper addresses increasing concern about the physical consequences for both staff and patients following implementation of physical interventions (PI), with particular…

Advanced videogame consoles ‐ a new and unrecognised threat to secure service provision?

James Reed, Nicholas Taylor, John Mackay

Games consoles are ubiquitous in the community, and increasingly in demand in secure forensic psychiatric settings. They contain a range of sophisticated technologies, which may…

The psychological aspects of coping with being accused of sexual offences

Deniz Aslan

The effects of stigmatisation regarding sex abuse and rape crimes have rarely been studied. This present study explores the effects of social stigma by examining coping style…

Measuring psychological change in offenders with intellectual disabilities and alcohol misuse using repertory grids: two case examples

Jonathan Mason

Measuring psychological change in offenders with intellectual disabilities undergoing psychological therapy presents the clinician with a variety of challenges. They include…