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Mad, bad and dangerous to know: reflections of a forensic practitioner
- Author:
- PRINS Herschel
- Publisher:
- Waterside Press
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 155p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Hook
The author, who rose from a relatively modest background to become a leading authority on forensic work with mentally disordered offenders, charts the key events in a fifty year career. He traces his personal journey from 'main grade' probation officer, Home Office civil servant, trainer and inspector to top level positions at Leicester and Loughborough Universities, with the Parole Board, key nationwide committees, mental health inquiries and beyond. Having spent his professional life “working with the troubled and the troublesome, the unloved (and the often unlovely)”, a constant theme of his work has been to combine the practical with an awareness of what is possible when one works with mentally disordered offenders. Among the questions he attempts to answer are: Why choose that life and these clients? And what demands has that choice made on him, his family, his colleagues? The 'reflections' contain insights for practitioners and criminologists alike and the book is expected to be of inertest to criminal psychologists, psychiatrists, probation officers, social workers, judges, magistrates, and all students of crime and punishment.
‘The other side of silence’: the role of the appropriate adult post-Bradley
- Author:
- CUMMINS Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Ethics and Social Welfare, 5(3), 2011, pp.306-312.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
The legal system and penal policy in the United Kingdom and similar legal jurisdictions does not regard offenders with mental health problems as a distinct group. The range of mental health needs and the great differences in patterns of offending make it difficult to make generalisations in this field. In addition, there are a number of ethical and philosophical issues that arise here relating to the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. The publication of the Bradley review was a watershed in the development of policy regarding the way that the Criminal Justice System responds to individuals with mental health problems. It then goes on to explore one aspect of that response: the role of the Appropriate Adult under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984). This article is concerned with one area of the CJS: the interviewing of detained persons in police custody and the role of the Appropriate Adult.
An evaluation of the impact of a social inclusion programme on occupational functioning for forensic service users
- Author:
- FITZGERALD Martin
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74(10), October 2011, pp.465-472.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Forensic occupational therapy has been described as a new specialism in forensic care and, the author suggests, has the potential to fulfil the social inclusion expectations of UK government policy regarding the rehabilitation process. However there is little information as yet to direct work with forensic service users with serious mental illness. This study was designed to provide evidence for, and to guide, the practice of forensic occupational therapists working in a rehabilitation setting. It compared Model of Human Occupation Screening Tool (MOHOST) scores of forensic service users who received treatment as usual and participated in a social inclusion programme (n = 24) with the scores of those who received treatment as usual (n = 19) only. The programme involved graded community engagement and one-one goal planning and was delivered at four long-stay, low-secure rehabilitation units in the north west of England. There was no difference in MOHOST scores between the two groups before intervention but a significant difference in scores was found in the intervention group post-intervention. This difference is believed to represent change in occupational functioning and evidence of successful treatment outcomes. The author concludes that forensic service users could benefit from occupational therapy programmes that include activities to promote social inclusion.
The development and future of deaf forensic mental health services
- Authors:
- GIBBON Simon, DOYLE Colin
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 13(3), August 2011, pp.191-196.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper reviews the need for, and development of, specialist deaf secure mental health services. The authors begin by giving a brief overview of deafness and the relationship between deafness, mental health problems and offending. They go on to summarise the literature and the Department of Health (DoH) guidance and provide a description of the current UK services. In 2001, Young et al. highlighted the needs of deaf mentally disordered offenders and the requirement for specialist forensic mental health services for this group. Since then several DoH guidance documents have been published and there have been substantial service developments.
Embracing the notion that context is crucial in prison mental health care
- Author:
- JORDAN Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 12(4), November 2010, pp.26-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Prisons often receive people from the community with mental health problems, and prison culture can adversely affect these problems. This article highlights the mental health of adult male prisoners and the mental health care provided within Her Majesty's Prison Service in the United Kingdom. Currently, the level of mental health need within this population is high, and prison mental health services require additional positive developments. The prison setting is not always conducive to good mental health, and is not often a useful catalyst for mental health care. The article suggests that prison mental health services ought to be increasingly commissioned, provided, managed and practised in direct accordance with the prison social environment, institutional set-up and specific mental health requirements of prisoners/patients. The author outlines the social and institutional structures which pervade the prison setting. The proposition is that situation-specific and culturally responsive mental health care is a must, and the context in which it is provided is crucial.
Effective practice in mental health diversion and liaison
- Authors:
- PAKES Francis, WINSTONE Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 48(2), May 2009, pp.158-171.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Many criminal justice mental health diversion and liaison teams are under threat of extinction. In order for such teams and schemes to thrive they need to be strengthened urgently. But before these schemes can thrive they must survive. It is argued that the diversion schemes need to demonstrate both their effectiveness and cost effectiveness. The authors introduce a tool (MHEP-AC) that has been developed for that purpose.
Forensic mental health services: facts and figures on current provision
- Authors:
- RUTHERFORD Max, DUGGAN Sean
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 10(4), December 2008, pp.4-11.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Forensic mental health services play an important role in providing treatment and accommodation for people diverted from prison or the courts who require secure and specialist mental health treatment. This paper seeks to provide an up-to-date and improved understanding of forensic mental health services by presenting the most recent facts and figures. Forensic services in this paper refer to the service that provide the care of mentally disordered offenders who have been transferred to secure hospitals from prisons or the courts.
How are personality disorders related to compliance?
- Authors:
- GUDJONSSON Gisli H., MAIN Nicole
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (The), 19(2), June 2008, pp.180-190.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality disorders, as measured by the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory - III, and compliance, as measured by the Gudjonsson Compliance Scale. A voluntary sample of 58 mentally disordered offenders residing in medium secure units completed both tests. Of these, 54 (93%) met a diagnosis threshold for either a trait or a disorder (50% met the full diagnosis for at least one personality disorder). The most common personality traits/disorders were avoidant, passive-aggressive, dependent, depressive, and paranoid. The presence or prominence of clinical syndrome/severe clinical syndrome was evident in 42 (72%) of the patients. As far as clinical syndromes are concerned, the most common diagnoses were anxiety, followed by drug dependence and alcohol dependence. Compliance correlated most significantly with dependent, avoidant, passive-aggressive, and masochistic personality disorder scores (Axis II), and with dysthymia, anxiety, and delusional disorders (Axis I). These findings support the hypothesis that compliance is more strongly associated with some personality disorders than others, particularly those in Cluster C, and that the primary link with compliance is through anxiety and low self-esteem.
Offence-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology and guilt in mentally disordered violent and sexual offenders
- Authors:
- CRISFORD Hannah, DARE Hayely, EVANGELI Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (The), 19(1), March 2008, pp.86-107.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The aim of this research was to investigate trauma symptomatology specifically related to perpetrating a violent offence in a sample of mentally disordered offenders. In particular the association between offence-related guilt cognitions and offence-related trauma symptomatology. Data were collected from 45 inpatients at a regional and local secure unit in the UK. The measures administered were the Detailed Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress, the Trauma-Related Guilt Inventory, the Gudjonsson Blame Attribution Inventory, and the Positive and Negative Affect Scale. Other factors, including age, diagnosis, severity of the violent act, substance misuse and psychosis at the time of the offence, and relationship to the victim, were considered in relation to both trauma symptomatology and guilt cognitions. Results indicate that higher levels of trauma symptomatology are associated with higher levels of guilt cognitions. This remained significant once variance associated with offence severity and negative affect was accounted for. The results are discussed and the implications for assessment and treatment of this client group are considered.
Psychiatric morbidity among young offenders in England and Wales
- Authors:
- LADER Deborah, SINGLETON Nicola, MELTZER Howard
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 94p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents information on the mental health of young offenders from a survey of psychiatric morbidity among prisoners aged 16-64 in England an Wales. The survey was carried out between September and December 1997. It was commissioned by the Department of Health. The report brings together the data on prevalence of mental disorders among young offenders from the main report of the survey together with the results of additional analysis of service use, risk factors and social functioning which were previously only available for the prison population as a whole.