The Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 19 Issue 3

Editorial

Neil Gredecki, Carol Ireland

Capturing the scene: efficacy test of the re-enactment investigative instruction

Céline Launay, Jacques Py

As eyewitnesses provide the most valuable information for criminal investigations, it is important to further develop and test techniques for collecting eyewitness…

Sexual offending hierarchies, personality attributions, and the clinical implications

Laura Elizabeth Challinor, Simon Duff

The purpose of this paper is to examine sexual offending hierarchies constructed by the general public and forensic staff based on personal attitudes and perceived…

Negative relating styles of learning-disabled and non-learning-disabled offenders

Rachel Craven, Matthew Tonkin

The purpose of this paper is to compare learning-disabled (LD) and non-LD offenders in terms of their relating styles and to examine the relationship between relating…

Co-morbidity of personality disorder and clinical syndrome in high-risk incarcerated offenders

Alice Bennett, Darren Johnson

In light of the clinical importance of understanding co-morbidity within offender populations, the purpose of this paper is to examine the prevalence and comorbidities of…

Substance misuse in personality disorder and schizophrenia: findings and clinical implications from a high secure hospital

Alessandra Cappai, Jodie Wells, James Tapp, Derek Perkins, Anna Manners, Martha Ferrito, Nitin Gupta, Mrigendra Das

Substance misuse (SMU) is widely prevalent in mentally disordered offenders and is linked with violence and offending behaviour. There is however, a scarcity of literature…

Work-related stress in forensic mental health professionals: a systematic review

Darcy Brown, Artemis Igoumenou, Anna-marie Mortlock, Nitin Gupta, Mrigendra Das

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the prevalence of stress and burnout among forensic mental health (FMH) professionals.

Examining the portrayal of homophobic and non-homophobic aggression in print media through an integrated grounded behavioural linguistic inquiry (IGBLI) approach

Philip Birch, Rebecca Ozanne, Jane Ireland

The role of the media in supporting an understanding of the social world is well documented. The representation of homosexuals in the media can therefore impact on…