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Serial killers: hunting Britons and their victims 1960-2006
- Author:
- WILSON David
- Publisher:
- Waterside Press
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 192p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Winchester
Serial Killers looks at all serial murders in Britain from the ‘gay murders’ of Michael Copeland in 1960 to the Ipswich murders of 2006. Throughout, the work follows events from a social and victim-related perspective. With vast experience of working with serial killers behind him and from his studies, criminologist and ex-prison governor David Wilson concludes that we are not all at-risk everyday from what he terms ‘hunting Britons’, rather it is people from a variety of vulnerable groups: the elderly, women involved in prostitution, gay men, runaways, 'throwaways' and children and kids moving from place to place. The book includes the following killers' victims: The Ipswich murders of 2006, Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper), Dennis Nilsen, Harold Shipman, Fred West, Rosemary West, Beverly Allitt, Patrick Mackay, Kenneth Erskine, Colin Ireland, Peter Moore, Michael Copeland, Ian Brady, Myra Hindley, Robert Black, Mark Martin, Donald Neilson, Peter Dinsdale, Hall/Kitto and other murderers who are not included in the definition 'Serial Killer'.
HoNOS-secure: a reliable outcome measure for users of secure and forensic mental health services
- Authors:
- DICKENS Geoff, SUGARMAN Philip, WALKER Lorraine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (The), 18(4), December 2007, pp.507-514.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for users of secure and forensic services (HoNOS-secure) comprises amended versions of the original 12 HoNOS items, and an additional seven-item security scale. HoNOS-secure tracks clinical outcome, including ongoing security needs. To investigate the interrater reliability of HoNOS-secure, 60 inpatients were rated independently by two clinicians. There were 34 raters in total. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) for six of the seven security items indicated at least moderate agreement; one item indicated fair reliability. ICCs for all 12 HoNOS items indicated fair to substantial consistency between raters. Cronbach's alphas were .73 for the security scale and .79 for the HoNOS scale, indicating acceptable internal reliability. The security scale and the HoNOS items were measured consistently by different raters, indicating that HoNOS-secure is a reliable outcome measure when used in routine clinical practice.
Working with mentally disordered offenders: government policy, NOMS and interaction
- Author:
- FITZGIBBON Diana Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 9(1), April 2007, pp.4-9.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article seeks to explore the historical context of government policy in relation to mentally disordered offenders. The article relates this context to the work of the Probation Service, in particular the development of the Offender Management System (OASys), risk assessment and the implications and challenges that face the National Offender Management Service (NOMS). The key question to be assessed is whether NOMS and OASys can lead to a better service for those with a mental disorder, and therefore reduce their risk.
Personality disorder: still everybody's business?
- Authors:
- PIDD Frankie, FEIGENBAUM Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review Journal, 12(4), December 2007, pp.5-12.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article summarises criteria that can lead to a diagnosis of personality disorder before considering the impact on personality disorder of specific interventions and policy initiatives designed to ensure that services respond to need.
Extending Assertive Community Treatment to criminal justice settings: origins, current evidence, and future directions
- Authors:
- MORRISSEY Joseph, MEYER Piper, CUDDEBACK Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 43(5), October 2007, pp.527-544.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This paper presents an overview of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) as an evidence-based practice in mental health care. Current evidence for FACT (ACT for forensic populations) and FICM (intensive case management for forensic populations) and the ways these models have been extended and adapted to serve mentally ill persons in a variety of criminal justice settings is then considered. The available evidence about the effectiveness of these models towards preventing recidivism among criminally-justice involved persons with mental illness is weak. The authors conclude with several suggestions for how the clinical model of FACT needs to be expanded to incorporate interventions aimed at reducing criminal behaviour and recidivism.
Occupational therapy in forensic psychiatry: a review of the literature and a call for a united and international response
- Authors:
- O'CONNELL Marita, FARNWORTH Louise
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 20(5), May 2007, pp.184-191.
- Publisher:
- Sage
A review and critique of the literature on occupational therapy in forensic mental health settings was conducted. The results indicate that the evidence base supporting occupational therapy in a forensic mental health setting is relatively weak. Much of the literature describing the role of occupational therapy in a secure setting is over 10 years old and lacks currency, and many of the research-based articles lack methodological rigour. Research has often been conducted in isolation and over a diverse range of topics, which means that important research questions have not been studied systematically. This paper argues that to enhance the credibility and efficacy of occupational therapy in forensic practice, a coordinated international network of therapists needs to be established. Using the strength of multi-site studies, such a group can build the evidence base for occupational therapy practice in forensic settings. In addition, better links between occupational therapy services and local universities should be formalised in order to promote ongoing research that meets rigorous research standards.
Altered memory and affective instability in prisoners assessed for dangerous and severe personality disorder
- Authors:
- KIRKPATRICK Tim, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 190(Supplement 49), May 2007, pp.s20-s26.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Previous studies of borderline personality disorder report neuropsychological impairments in several domains, including memory. No studies have compared memory functioning in high-risk prisoners with borderline personality disorder with similar prisoners with other personality disorders. The aim was to explore mnemonic impairments in prisoners undergoing personality assessment as part of the dangerous and severe personality disorder initiative or detained in a medium secure facility. The authors investigated memory function in 18 prisoners with borderline personality disorder and 18 prisoners with other personality Disorders. Prisoners with borderline personality disorder exhibited a pattern of multi-modal impairments in the immediate and delayed recall of verbal and visual information, with some association with affective instability. These deficits were not associated with the severity of personality disturbance. These data suggest that memory deficits have some specificity in relation to the constituent traits of borderline personality disorder and indicate that neuropsychological assessment may be a source of useful adjunctive information for distinguishing between the cognitive and psychological difficulties of individual prisoners.
Understanding the structure of the Psychopathy Checklist – Revised: an exploration of methodological confusion
- Authors:
- COOKE David J., MICHIE Christine, SKEEM Jennifer
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 190(Supplement 49), May 2007, pp.s39-s50.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Psychopathy is the key construct in the Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) Programme. The Psychopathy Checklist - Revised is used as a primary means of selection for the programme. The Checklist confounds two distinct constructs - personality disorder and criminal behaviour. This confound is important both practically and theoretically. For example, under the criteria for DSPD it is necessary to demonstrate that personality disorder has a functional link with future risk of criminal behaviour. The confound has been exacerbated recently by claims that criminal behaviour is a core feature of psychopathic disorder. This contention is based on inappropriate analytical methods. This paper examines the source of this confound and illustrate how inappropriate methods can mislead.
Motivating mentally disordered offenders to change: Instruments for measuring patients' perception and motivation
- Authors:
- GUDJONSSON Gisli H., YOUNG Susan, YATES Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (The), 18(1), March 2007, pp.74-89.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
A major challenge to forensic services is how to motivate patients to change and engage in therapy. The objective of the study was to develop scales that reliably identify and measure factors that are likely to be an obstacle to patients' motivation to change, and engage with and benefit from therapy. Three measures – the Patient Attitude Questionnaire, the Patient Perception Questionnaire, and the Patient Motivation Inventory – were developed and administered to 116 mentally disordered offenders resident at three medium secure units (Denis Hill Unit, Cane Hill Unit, and Trevor Gibbens Unit) and one open forensic ward (Witley 3 Ward) in the south-east of England. Factor analysis of each scale identified three conceptually meaningful and reliable subscales. Significant differences between units were identified on several of the subscales. Only one of the subscales, measuring reluctance to open up, revealed a significant ethnic difference. The findings provide evidence for the validity and utility of the scales as clinical and research tools.
Factors associated with stalking behaviour in patients admitted to a high security hospital
- Authors:
- WHYTE Sean, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (The), 18(1), March 2007, pp.16-22.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Many stalkers suffer from mental disorder, and this may bring them into contact with psychiatrists before their stalking behaviour is identified. This study set out to identify information obtained during a forensic psychiatric assessment which might indicate the presence of stalking behaviours and prompt further assessment. Thus 362 consecutive admissions to Broadmoor Hospital were comprehensively assessed, including an assessment of stalking behaviours. Using both univariate analyses and multivariate logistic regression, associations were found between stalking and: committing sexual offences or having a sexual motive for offending; a lack of physical contact with the victim immediately before the index offence; lacking a pattern of theft and other minor acquisitive offences; and, among those who kill, having diminished responsibility. These factors may help in the assessment of patients who might be stalkers.