The Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 25 Issue 1

The introduction and development of a mental health integrated support unit within an English prison: clinical, care staff and operational officer perspectives

Norman Anthony McClelland, Toby Brandon, Wendy Dyer, Kathryn Cassidy, Louise Ridley, Paul Biddle

There is clear evidence that prison can be detrimental to mental health and that wider society has tended to assume “out of sight, out of mind” for prisoners in mental distress…

A pilot study assessing initial psychometric properties of “the risk insight scale”

Gareth Hickman, Antonia Morris

This paper aims to report on the development of a psychometric measure of insight, The Risk Insight Scale. This measure is intended to assess the insight and understanding of…

Forensic vigilance in forensic professionals: development, reliability and factor structure of the forensic vigilance estimate

Maartje Clercx, Robert Didden, Leam A. Craig, Marije Keulen-de Vos

Forensic vigilance is a central competency that forensic professionals need to meet the complex demands of working in forensic settings. Until recently, no instrument for forensic…

Evaluation of prisoner experiences during their engagement with the self-change programme

Kara Kennedy, Stephan McAlpine

Previous difficulties were identified with the evaluation of violence interventions, resulting in gaps in the literature regarding the effectiveness of violence interventions…

Use of debriefing following restrictive practices in forensic psychiatric care

Jaana Asikainen, Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen, Eila Repo-Tiihonen, Olavi Louheranta

Inpatient violence is a substantial problem in psychiatric wards and de-escalation is difficult. When managing instances of violence through verbal techniques fail, mental…

Relationship between forensic vigilance and personality traits, work experience, burnout symptoms, workplace stress and satisfaction in forensic mental healthcare professionals

Maartje Clercx, Marije Keulen-de Vos, Leam A. Craig, Robert Didden

Forensic mental health care is a unique field that poses complex demands on professionals. Forensic vigilance is a hypothesized specialty of forensic mental health professionals…