The Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 22 Issue 3

Designing a forensic mental health service delivery model: a multi-professional approach

Jean-Laurent Domingue, Steve F. Michel, Carole Cléroux, Tom Dobson, Jean-Michel Fréchette, Nina Fusco, Lara Jaroudi, Robert Konecki, Donna Power, Sara Richardson-Brown, Richard Robins, Tony Stufko, Sarah Telford, Whitney Wesley

Forensic mental health programs (FMHPs) in Ontario, Canada provide rehabilitation and supervision services. However, models available to guide their delivery are primarily…

Evaluating a mental health service in a young offender’s institution: a thematic analysis of prison officer experiences

Salma Ali, Jessica Phipps

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the current service provision offered by a mental health service in a young offenders institute (YOI) in England.

A retrospective case note review of young people in transition from adolescent medium secure units to adult services

Maria Iakovina Livanou, Rebecca Lane, Sophie D'Souza, Swaran P. Singh

There is substantial evidence that young people moving from child and adolescent mental health services to adult services are more likely to experience poor transitions…

Characteristics of offending and non-offending CSA helpline users explored

Julia Wilpert, Ellen Janssen

This study aims to exploratively compare several characteristics of 330 offending and non-offending Dutch subjects, seeking advice/help from child sexual abuse (CSA…

Comparing social climate across therapeutically distinct prison wings

Lucy Reading, Gareth E. Ross

The purpose of this paper is to explore the social climate of therapeutic wings and mainstream wings within one prison, to identify positive areas of social climate that…

Offender personality disorder pathway screening tools evaluation

Zoe Mawby, Andrew Newman, Megan Wilkinson-Tough

The offender personality disorder (OPD) pathway faces the difficult task of identifying individuals who are eligible for their service from the entire probation caseload…