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The Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Home Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Home Office
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Home Office notes and copy of the Act.
Dangerous behaviour, the law and mental disorder
- Author:
- PRINS Herschel
- Publisher:
- Tavistock
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 258p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Criminal narratives of mentally disordered offenders: an exploratory study
- Authors:
- SPRUIN Elizabeth, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 14(5), 2014, pp.438-455.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
The study explored the personal narratives of Mentally Disordered Offenders (MDOs) and the impact various mental disorders had on the structure of the offenders’ criminal narratives. Seventy adult male offenders who were sectioned under the United Kingdom’s Mental Health Act 2007 were recruited for the study. Participants were provided with a 36 item Criminal Narrative Role Questionnaire. Smallest Space Analysis found four criminal narrative themes (Victim, Revenger, Hero, Professional), which indicated clear distinctions in the narrative experience of MDOs. The major differences were found to be related to the vulnerability of the offender’s mental disorder. (Publisher abstract)
The Good Lives Model tool kit for mentally disordered offenders
- Author:
- BARNAO Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Practice, 15(3), 2013, pp.157-170.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The Good Lives Model (GLM) is a new approach to offender rehabilitation that provides an integrative framework for assisting individuals to achieve their goals while reducing their risk for reoffending. Recently it has been proposed that an augmented form of the GLM could provide a comprehensive conceptual, ethical and practice framework for rehabilitation within the specialty of forensic mental health. However, there is a paucity of published literature to guide practitioners on how to integrate the GLM into their practice with mentally disordered offenders. The aim of this article is to present a set of resources (the GLM tool kit) tailored for use with offenders with mental disorder. Design/methodology/approach : Each of the five resources that comprise the tool kit will be described, the theoretical, methodological and practical considerations that influenced their development will be reviewed, and a case example demonstrating their clinical application, presented. Findings: The tool kit can guide forensic mental health practitioners in assessment, case conceptualisation and rehabilitation planning according to the Good Lives Model. It includes some practical resources that practitioners can use to help mentally disordered offenders understand themselves better, including the reasons why they came to offend, and to highlight what they need to change to live better lives. Practical implications – The paper provides clinicians with some structure in applying the Good Lives Model within a forensic mental health team context. Originality/value – Much of the GLM practice literature relates to non-mentally disordered offenders. The paper builds on this literature by presenting a set of tools that have been designed specifically with mentally disordered offenders in mind. (Publisher abstract)
Life on the edge: diversion and the mentally disordered offender; volume 2; practice report
- Author:
- JAMES Ann
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 89p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Volume 2 of a 2 volume report looking at innovative projects to divert mentally disordered offenders from the criminal justice system and from prison. Volume 1 summarises the key findings of the project and volume 2 provides synopses of the projects and project evaluations.
Inspection of services for mentally disordered offenders: London Borough of Croydon; November 1996
- Authors:
- O'HAGAN Gerald, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. London West I
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Life on the edge: diversion and the mentally disordered offender; volume 1; policy report
- Author:
- JAMES Ann
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 44p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Volume 1 of a 2 volume report looking at innovative projects to divert mentally disordered offenders from the criminal justice system and from prison. Volume 1 summarises the key findings of the project and volume 2 provides synopses of the projects and project evaluations.
Criminal Justice Act 1991: mentally disordered offenders
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Circular concerning the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 for dealing with people suffering from a mental disorder and concerned in particular with the changes affecting the courts and those who work with this user group who may appear in court proceedings.
Individual community-based treatment of offenders with mental illness: relationship to recidivism
- Authors:
- ABRACEN Jeffrey, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 31(10), 2016, pp.1842-1858.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study explores the effectiveness of psychological intervention at reducing the risk of recidivism among a group of high-risk, high-need offenders housed in a Community Correctional Centre (CCC) operated by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). File reviews on 136 male federal offenders living in a CCC in a large metropolitan area were included in the present investigation. Previous research on this sample by our team indicated that the majority of this sample met diagnostic criteria for a variety of psychiatric conditions. Data on the number of individual counselling sessions received and progress in treatment were collected from official file information for the purpose of the present investigation. After accounting for actuarially assessed risk, moderate doses of treatment were found to be associated with 7.7 times less likelihood of recidivism, and high doses of treatment were found to be associated with 11.6 times less likelihood of recidivism, when compared with offenders who received no treatment or were only assessed for treatment. These results are discussed in the context of correctional models of offender risk assessment and rehabilitation. It is notable that a very simple measure of global mental health treatment attendance, with no consideration of such factors as responsiveness, added considerable incremental predictive validity to the results after having statistically accounted for actuarially assessed risk of recidivism. (Publisher abstract)
'Enhanced support for high intensity users of the criminal justice system': an evaluation of mental health nurse input into Integrated Offender Management Services in the North East of England
- Authors:
- DYER Wendy, BIDDLE Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 15(1), 2016, pp.43-55.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The current UK Government's focus on the development of services to manage and support offenders with mental health problems has resulted in a number of innovative project developments. This research examines a service development in the North East of England which co-located mental health nurses with two Integrated Offender Management teams. While not solving all problems, the benefits of co-location were clear, although such innovations are now at risk from government changes which will make Integrated Offender Management the responsibility of new providers without compelling them to co-operate with health services. (Publisher abstract)