The British Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 13 Issue 4
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What we know about men who download child abuse images
Kerry SheldonThis review aims to focus on men who access, download, and circulate child abuse images across the internet as the most frequently occurring type of internet sex offender.
Dealing with individuals who have mental illness: the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) in law enforcement
Samuel L. Browning, Vincent B. Van Hasselt, Abigail S. Tucker, Gregory M. VecchiThe current paper seeks to outline the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) and review extant research regarding its efficacy in reducing criminalization of people with mental illness…
Preliminary evaluation of personality disorder awareness workshops for prison staff
Lisa Maltman, Laura HamiltonPositive professional attitudes towards personality‐disordered clients have been linked with extensive clinical and strategic benefits. The largest influences upon such attitudes…
Managing the risks associated with physical intervention: a discussion paper
Lee Hollins, Brendon StubbsThe fallout from numerous inquiries into the death of patients, as well as the timely development of various pieces of anti‐discrimination and human rights legislation have all…
Risperidone Long‐acting Injection (RLAI) – real world outcomes from the United Kingdom high‐secure hospitals
Simon Gibbon, Edward Silva, Rupinder Kaler, Inti Qurashi, Mrigendra Das, Jon Patrick, Manjit Gahir, Douglas Gray, Lakshmanan Ramachandran, Anthony MadenHigh‐secure hospital patients often have complex presentations that are marked by co‐morbidity, violence, histories of poor concordance with oral medication, and treatment…
Obesity and its complications: a survey of inpatients at a secure psychiatric hospital
Camilla Haw, Arleen RowellObesity is an important contributory factor to premature mortality and morbidity. The purpose of this study was to survey inpatients at a secure psychiatric hospital in order to…