The Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 24 Issue 4

Delivering remote therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study with service users accessing a community personality disorder service

Jasmin White, Anne-Marie Nillo, Kathryn Rowsell, Victoria Roberts, Duncan Dudley-Hicks, Michael Urbasch, John Cordwell

The purpose of this study is to qualitatively explore the views and opinions of service users accessing remote therapy through a community forensic personality disorder service…

Investigating the criminal thinking styles of mentally disordered offenders within the UK

Elizabeth Spruin, Tara Dunleavy, Chloe Mitchell, Belinda Siesmaa

This study aims to evaluate the utility and reliability of the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) to investigate the criminal cognitions of mentally…

Forensic psychiatry in times of COVID-19: a qualitative study into the concerns and needs of patients

Annabel Simjouw, Nienke Verstegen, Wineke Smid, Agnita Langeveld

The aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of the concerns and needs of forensic psychiatric patients regarding the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on their mental…

Staff experiences of working alongside peer support workers in forensic mental health community teams: a qualitative study

Elizabeth Nash, Samantha Taplin, Lauren Jade Rust, Robert Percival

Peer support workers (PSWs) are individuals with lived experience of mental health difficulties, who apply this to support and inspire others in their recovery. The role of PSWs…

Resettle intensive intervention and risk management service (IIRMS): a pathway to desistance?

Sue Ryan, Alaw Eldridge, Cormac Duffy, Ellen Crawley, Caroline O'Brien

This study aims to explore the demographic and reconviction data of individuals who had engaged in an established Intensive Intervention and Risk Management Service, a community…

“The moment he realized he needed our joint assistance made the difference”: a multiple case study into working elements in the supervision of probation clients with debt

G. van Beek, Vivienne de Vogel, Dike van de Mheen

Little is known about effective supervision of offenders with debt. This multiple case study aims to gain insight into working elements in offender supervision on debt. This is…

Mental health and criminal justice: bridging two worlds

Chrispen Madondo, Marc Van der Putten

The purpose of this study was to describe programs that aim at programs to divert people with a mental condition from the criminal justice system to mental health services are…

Clinicians’ perceptions of virtual reality for firesetting

Katie Sambrooks, Lona Lockerbie, Shahid Majid, Theresa Gannon

Virtual reality (VR) is a novel technology that could be used in the assessment and/or treatment of deliberate firesetting. This study aims to develop an understanding of…

Managing interviews in high-stake crime cases: practice guidance for developing suspect interview strategies using a LOST WEBSITES framework

Martin Vaughan, Rebecca Milne, Gary Dalton, Steven Retford

High-stake crime investigations include cases such as murder and rape. The purpose of this paper is to outline the components of an interview strategy for suspects. In the UK…

The challenge to survive: trauma, violence and identity in the lived experience of homeless women

Holly Price, Emily Glorney

To understand how females who had recently been street homeless made sense of their lived experience, seven women engaged in semi-structured interviews. This study aims to provide…

The development of the ERICSO – a proposed instrument for internet child abuse material offender assessment

Catherine Garrington, Sally Fiona Kelty, Debra Rickwood, Douglas Boer

There are a limited number of risk assessment tools relevant to the internet child abuse material (I/CAM) offender cohort. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new tool…