The Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 21 Issue 2

“I’m not different, I’m still a human being […] but I am different.” An exploration of the experiences of transgender prisoners using interpretative phenomenological analysis

Joanne E. Nulty, Belinda Winder, Sally Lopresti

The treatment and placement of transgender individuals within the UK prison system has garnered considerable political and media attention. The purpose of this paper is to present…

A quantitative analysis of attitudes toward pornography use in secure hospitals: sexual, violent and non-offenders

Emily Mellor, Simon Duff

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the attitudes of staff members in secure hospitals and the general population towards pornography use and their decision-making…

A multi-site survey of forensic nursing assessment

Helen Walker, Lindsay Tulloch, Karen Boa, Gordon Ritchie, John Thompson

A major difficulty identified many years ago in psychiatric care is the shortage of appropriate instruments with which to carry out valid and reliable therapeutic assessments…

Exploring factors affecting attitudes towards rape survivors: the role of sexuality and religiosity

Beth Rimmer, Philip Birch

Contemporaneously, the crime of rape has experienced an increase in reporting. The majority of rape survivors continue to experience, however, extensive victimisation due to…

Sexual health principles and the procurement of sexual services: evidence of the interface between sexual health and criminal justice

Philip Birch, Doug Braun-Harvey

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between sexual health principles and the procurement of sexual services. Most that has been written about sex work has…

Evaluation of a transition intervention in a secure setting

Kim Liddiard, Sara Louise Morgan, Bronwen Elizabeth Lesley Davies

Transitioning is an inevitable part of being in secure settings, yet little research exists focussing on the experiences of individuals and what interventions might help them to…