Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice: Volume 2 Issue 1

Indicators of rearrest among male court mandated substance use treatment patients

Albert M. Kopak, Steven L. Proctor, Norman G. Hoffmann

Effective substance use treatment is a viable way to reduce criminal justice contact among drug-involved offenders, but there is still a lot to learn about which…

Researching deaths after police contact: challenges and solutions

David Baker

The purpose of this paper is to consider the methodological challenges to researching deaths after police contact in England and Wales. It proposes original and innovative…

The Panopticon Effect: the surveillance of police officers

Margaret Vickers, Philip Birch, Sally Gallovic, Michael Kennedy

Police officers from a police force in Australia were interviewed about the types and level of surveillance they experience in their work, with the recognition of…

Employment of ex-prisoners with mental health problems: a review

Ian Stewart Hamilton

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the research within the area of employment for ex-prisoners who have a Serious Mental Illness (SMI).

The effectiveness and impact of the child protection and criminal justice systems in cases of intrafamilial child sexual abuse

Anna Gekoski, Miranda A.H Horvath, Julia C Davidson

The purpose of this paper is to report on the findings from a study commissioned by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner (OCC) in England, concerning intrafamilial…

Applying the concept of reciprocal roles to relapse prevention with offenders: a cognitive analytic therapy informed approach

Rachel Worthington

The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) informed reciprocal-role procedures could better inform relapse prevention…

Editorial

Jane L. Ireland, Philip Birch