The British Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 12 Issue 1
Table of contents
Exploring factors that influence nurses: judgements of violence risk in a female forensic population
Siân Allen, Anthony BeechThe study examined how nursing staff in a secure forensic unit make judgements about female patients' level of risk and whether a patient's lack of engagement in therapy was a…
Mentally disordered offenders who are born abroad: pathway of care through medium secure services
Peter MacRae, Paul Gilluley, Girija KotalgiRecent changes in UK immigration policy have led to increasing deportation of foreign national offenders and more than 5000 were deported in 2008. This rise follows a review in…
Assessing the functions of self‐harm behaviours for dangerous and severely personality disordered males in a high secure hospital
Jen Gallagher, Kerry SheldonThe three aims of the study reported were to investigate the functions of self‐harm in a population of patients detained in the Peaks Unit at Rampton hospital, to investigate the…
Overcoming the challenges of evaluating dual diagnosis interventions in medium secure units
Eleanor Swain, Sara Boulter, Nicola PiekThis article outlines conventional dual diagnosis outcome measures and the challenges of using these measures to evaluate interventions in medium secure units. It suggests how…
Addressing offending risk in low secure mental health services for men: a descriptive review of available evidence
Claire Nagi, Jason DaviesThe topic of offender rehabilitation has been subject to much research over the past decade. Numerous meta‐analytic reviews of offender treatment, particularly group treatment…