...Jo Ramsden; Claire Cooper; Kay Radcliffe; John Atkinson Purpose The Offender Personality Disorder ( OPD ) strategy (Joseph and Benefield, 2012) mandates the co-delivery of services between NHS clinicians and criminal justice workers. The strategy assumes that joint responsibility...

...Grace Trundle; Bryony Fairhurst; Sally Foster; Sophie Orzechowska Purpose Offenders with cooccurring substance misuse and mental illness are at an increased risk of negative outcomes, including reoffending. This study aims to explore the profiles of substance use, reoffending and hospital...

... have caused harm to others. The paper then reviews the emerging evidence base for f-CFT before concluding with recommendations for further work and evaluation. Offending Forensic Desistance Compassion Psychotherapy Trauma-informed Significant differences were found on the STAXI...

...Gary Lamph; Alison Elliott; Sue Wheatcroft; Gillian Rayner; Kathryn Gardner; Michael Haslam; Emma Jones; Mick McKeown; Jane Gibbon; Nicola Graham-Kevan; Karen Wright Purpose The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of a novel offender personality disorder (OPD) higher education programme...

... and desistance and consider the factors relevant to the re-entry process for those who have offended and how to enhance this process. The aim of this paper was twofold; first to highlight the various factors and issues involved in the re-entry and reintegration process, particularly for those who are released...

...Rachel Worthington; Suzanne Wheeler Purpose Hyperfocus (HF) is characterised by an intense state of concentration/focus. The purpose of this study is to explore in what ways HF has been found to contribute towards offending behaviour and what treatments have been found to be efficacious to reduce...

...Gary Lamph; Alison Elliott; Kathryn Gardner; Karen Wright; Emma Jones; Michael Haslam; Nicola Graham-Kevan; Raeesa Jassat; Fiona Jones; Mick McKeown Purpose Workforce development is crucial to the offender personality disorder (OPD) service to provide contemporary, evidenced care and treatment...

...Jessica Gale; Jane Clarbour; Kelly Rayner Purpose Literature suggests that mentally disordered offenders are considerably more difficult to treat and slower to respond to psychological treatment. Less is known about the particular factors that can contribute to this resistance. A more...

...Catherine Garrington; Debra Rickwood; Peter Chamberlain†; Douglas P. Boer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to collate the available research into the characteristics of child abuse material (CAM) offenders to inform future assessment and treatment options. This systematic review collates...

... engaged in no further offending behaviour since their referral, and those who did offend generally showed a decrease in the severity of offending behaviours. There was a large decrease in the number of convictions received. Practical implications The study shows the benefits of a multi-disciplinary...

...Nicola James; Joel Harvey Purpose – Many ex-offenders and substance misusers are employed in the treatment and intervention of offenders. The purpose of this paper is to investigate this role as a protective factor in the maintenance of desistance. Design/methodology/approach – Seven...

.../approach The paper presents two studies. In the first, adult offenders' executive function was measured before and after undertaking the ETS course, using a self report form. Change in behaviour following the course was assessed using behaviour checklists completed by prison staff. In the second study...

... to working therapeutically with clients. Positive psychology has a number of potential implications for working with forensic clients and the delivery of therapy and relapse prevention blocks. This paper will explores the potential application of positive psychology literature to offending behaviour...

...Jonathan Mason Measuring psychological change in offenders with intellectual disabilities undergoing psychological therapy presents the clinician with a variety of challenges. They include finding measures sensitive enough to measure the often modest cognitive changes that take place over...

...Paul Tiffin; Parag Shah; Ann Couteur Developmental delays in social and communication functioning have been proposed as a possible risk factor for offending behaviour in both young people and adults. These deficits may be particularly common in young people with both offending behaviours and mental...