The British Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 6 Issue 4
Table of contents
The impact of borderline personality traits on challenging behaviour: implications for learning disabilities services
Barnaby Dunn, Winifred BoltonThis case study describes how threats to stab people, in a client with learning disabilities, may have been inadvertently reinforced during detention in a medium secure unit by…
Development of a specialised forensic service for women with learning disability: the first three years
Elizabeth Berber, Harm BoerIn recent years there has been growing interest in the fate of those women with mental disorder who come into contact with the criminal justice system. This interest has stemmed…
Hair‐testing for illicit drugs
John ParkesHuman hair may contain deposits of illicit drugs. Testing of hair will provide an indicator of drug use at the time the hair was grown. Hair samples have several advantages over…
Care programme approach in a forensic learning disability service
G Selby, R AlexanderDe‐institutionalisation and the closure of long‐stay hospitals brought about an increased focus on the development of alternative systems for the safe and effective treatment of…
Crime and the family: like grandfather, like father, like son?
Nathan GregoryThe phenomenon of criminal behaviour has interested scholars from academic disciplines building on centuries of philosophical debate developed from emerging biological…