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Avoiding harm
- Author:
- SMITH Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 73, November 2004, p.15.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
Looks at the importance of providing support and training to staff who have to deal with young offenders who self-harm.
Five steps to preventing self-harm in custody
- Author:
- PUFFETT Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Young People Now, 5.3.09, 2009, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
Highlights five changes that could be made to address young offenders' mental health needs and reduce levels of self-harm. These are: improve prevention; better access to information; increased staff levels; improved partnership working and greater use of alternatives to Youth Offender Institutions.
Cognitive vulnerability to depression in young people in secure accommodation: the influence of ethnicity and current suicidal ideation
- Authors:
- WOOLGAR Matthew, TRANAH Troy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 33(5), October 2010, pp.653-661.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
The relationship between depressive symptoms, negative self-schemas and the cognitive vulnerability to depression were examined in 38 young people in secure accommodation. The impact of current suicidal ideation and a previous history of self-harm behaviour on latent negative self-schemas were investigated using a mood induction task. The low mood condition indicated these young people had a latent cognitive vulnerability to depression. However, this vulnerability was exacerbated in the context of current suicidal ideation but not by a history of self-harm behaviours. Unexpectedly, the negative self-schemas of young people from ethnic minority backgrounds were particularly susceptible to the mood induction. The results are discussed both in terms of the cognitive vulnerabilities of young
Risk factors for self-harm and suicide in incarcerated young offenders: implications for policy and practice
- Authors:
- KENNY Dianna T., LENNINGS C.J., MUNN Olivia S.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 8(4), 2008, pp.358-382.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
This Australian study identified common and unique risk factors for suicidal and self-harming (SSH) behaviour in 242 incarcerated young offenders. Lifetime prevalence of suicidal ideation was 19.2% and was 18.2% for self-harm ideation; 8.4% had attempted suicide (44% in detention), and 9.1% had inflicted self-harm in the past 12 months (75% in detention). SSH young offenders reported more severe psychopathology, childhood trauma, and psychological distress than non-SSH young offenders. Past emotional abuse, current psychological distress, and depersonalization disorder were significant risk factors for suicidal ideation. Past physical abuse and current psychological distress were significant risk factors for self-harm ideation. Suicidality and self-harm co-occurred. Two approaches to the assessment of self-harm risk - past behaviour and scores on a scale of self-harm risk - were compared. Some support for the equivalence of assessment methods was found; however, significant differences emerged that indicated that a multi-factorial approach to the assessment of self-harm risk is advised. Screening on entry to detention could identify young offenders at risk and direct them into treatment. The high rates of self-harm in detention suggest that the detention environment and management practices should be reviewed to identify structural elements that contribute to distress in some young offenders that for a significant minority is associated with SSH ideation and behaviour.
The health of young women in custody: emerging concerns and a case for advocacy
- Authors:
- DOUGLAS Nicola, PLUGGE Emma
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 238, July 2007, pp.14-17.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
At any one time there will be up to a hundred young women under the age of 18 being held in young offender institutions. This article reports on research commissioned by the Youth Justice Board and carried out by the Department of Public Health at the University of Oxford to carry out a needs assessment. The study used detailed health questionnaires, interviews and focus groups with young women and professionals working with them to determine the health status of these young women in custody. The study aimed to make recommendations to the Youth Justice Board on the planning of health care services in the specialist young women's units. This article presents some of the most significant findings.
In safe hands?
- Authors:
- HOLMES Chris, GIBBS Karl
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.03.04, 2004, pp.34-36.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses the findings of a new study by the prison service's Safer Custody Group which investigates what inmates in young offenders institutions feel about violence and harassment inside and who should be responsible for their welfare. One part of the research was to look at why some prison service establishments seemed more relaxed, controlled and safer than others. In the research 113 young people and 51 staff were were interviewed about care history, experiences of bullying, feelings of suicide and self harm and sources of support.
ACCESS: working to reduce self-harm and bullying among juvenile offenders
- Authors:
- MITCHELL Jonathan, TROTTER George, DONLAN Liam
- Journal article citation:
- Prison Service Journal, 144, November 2002, pp.31-36.
- Publisher:
- Her Majesty's Prison Service of England and Wales
Describes the ACCESS training course devised to improve the problem-solving skills, self-esteem, assertiveness and emotion management of young people in prison at risk of self-harm and being bullied.
Health visiting in a custodial environment
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Marcia
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 17.8.00, 2000, pp.41-42.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
When it opened in 1998, the Young Offenders Unit at HMP Holloway was the first women's unit to employ a health adviser as part of the staff team. The author, a health visitor from the local community trust, who was sent on secondment to fill this post, describes the role during its first year.
Assessing the needs of sentenced children in the Youth Justice System: 2018/19
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Ministry of Justice
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Ministry of Justice
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 10
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication draws on data from AssetPlus, an assessment and planning framework used with children by Youth Offending Teams and secure establishments across England and Wales. The report focuses on a small subset of data, relating to assessed concern types (factors that practitioners judge to be affecting the child, covering their wellbeing, how they relate to other people, social factors and issues at home or their own behaviours); care status types, looking at the child’s current and previous care history; as well as the four ratings for both Safety and Wellbeing (risk that a child’s safety and well-being is now or in the future potentially compromised) and Risk of Serious Harm (looking at the imminence and likelihood of death or serious personal injury whether physical or psychological). The data shows that a large proportion of children assessed had concerns present across most concern types, giving an indication of the vulnerability and complex needs of sentenced children within the Youth Justice System. Over 70% had a concern present for five of the 19 concern types, including safety and wellbeing, risk to others, substance misuse, speech, language and communication, and mental health. Crucially, over half of children assessed showed them to be a current or previous child in need. In the year ending March 2019, almost half of children assessed had a Medium Risk of Serious Harm rating, while 29% were rated as High or Very High – as the sentence type severity increased so did the proportion of children that had a High or Very High Risk of Serious Harm rating. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health and deaths in prison: interim report. Seventh report of session 2016-17
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. House of Lords, House of Commons. Joint Committee on Human Rights
- Publisher:
- House of Commons
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
Interim report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into mental health and deaths in prison, which calls for the Government to bring forward legislation in the next Parliament to address the rise in self-harm and suicide in prisons. The inquiry sought to establish whether a human rights based approach can lead to better prevention of deaths in prison of people with mental health (Edited publisher abstract)