The British Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 7 Issue 2
Table of contents
The management of aggression care plans: implementation and efficacy in a forensic learning disability service
Cathy Thomas, Dave Kitchen, Adam SmithThis article describes the design and implementation of the management of aggression care plans (MOACAP) in a secure service for people with learning disability and severe…
Guidelines for managing self‐harm in a forensic setting
Karen GoughPrevious research has established that guidelines to facilitate a non‐judgemental, consistent approach to self‐harm management would be useful to staff working in a forensic…
Audit of the referrals to the psychology section of a mentally disordered offenders team
Rachel Harman, Rita DaltonThere is increasing recognition that, wherever clinically appropriate, the needs of mentally disordered offenders should be met by health and social services rather than the…
Issues in running smoking cessation groups with forensic psychiatric inpatients: results of a pilot study and lessons learnt
Clive Long, Kelly JonesAlthough smoking is a major health problem among forensic psychiatric inpatient populations, a multitude of factors (motivational, environmental, procedural and psychiatric…
Psychological services in prisons
Graham TowlPsychological services in prisons in England and Wales have a relatively lengthy history going back over 50 years. Over the past ten years there have been significant changes in…