...Alessandra Cappai; Jodie Wells; James Tapp; Derek Perkins; Anna Manners; Martha Ferrito; Nitin Gupta; Mrigendra Das Purpose Substance misuse (SMU) is widely prevalent in mentally disordered offenders and is linked with violence and offending behaviour. There is however, a scarcity of literature...

...Jeremy Sandbrook; Tom Clark; Karen Amanda Cocksedge Purpose – Rates of co-morbid substance misuse are high within forensic populations. Addressing these problems should be a priority as mental disorder with co-morbid substance misuse is associated with worse outcomes, including rates of re...

...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...

... criminogenic needs and risks in different groups of offenders. This study aims to explore the short‐term impact of the Prisoners Addressing Substance Related Offending (P‐ASRO) programme, a cognitive‐behavioural intervention addressing offending related to substance misuse and targeting those with low‐medium...

...Gordon Ritchie; Sarah Weldon; Laura Freeman; Gary MacPherson; Karen Davies Substance misuse that is co‐morbid with mental disorder may increase the risk of crime, particularly of a violent nature. It is therefore essential that dual‐diagnosis patients in forensic services receive adequate...

...Elizabeth Sullivan; Paul Hassal; Darren Rowlands This paper describes how a group of prisoners at HMP Grendon Therapeutic Community undertook to survey staff and prisoners about unmet needs relating to abstinence from substance misuse. Participatory action research (PAR) principles helped to focus...