... of the processes in place to implement a compassionate intervention with people convicted of sexual offending and who experience offence-related sexual interests on a national scale in a prison setting. Findings This paper shows how a compassion focused therapy ( CFT )-informed intervention can be implemented...

...Madison Fern Harding-White; Dara Mojtahedi; Jerome Carson Purpose The use of mindfulness interventions (MIs) as means to manage unwanted or undesirable affect and behaviour has increased in popularity recently. This has resulted in the trial of MIs as a means to benefit well-being within prisons...

... violence. This paper provides a model and accredited treatment approach to implementing a whole family approach to DA set within a community social services setting. This provides an opportunity for early intervention based on a strengths-based, solution focussed approach to addressing harmful behaviours...

... are screened into the OPD pathway and reside currently in the community across London. The programme leads have developed a triage model – based on the wider OPD model – that applies the principles of the least intervention necessary and the most effective use of limited resources. Findings Preliminary...

...Jackie Craissati; Jo Ramsden; Sue Ryan; Nicole Webster; Laura West Purpose This is a discussion paper describing the reflections of clinical leads within well-established intensive intervention and risk management services (IIRMS). IIRMS has developed in the past five years, with a small number...

...Jon Taylor; Kerensa Hocken Purpose This paper aims to argue that to address those factors that contribute to the probability of offending, the origins of such factors should be understood, and interventions that recognise the functional aspects of criminogenic capacities should be developed...

... trauma sensitive practices. Findings The paper proposes compassion focussed therapy (CFT) as an overarching approach to organising interventions. Practical implications The paper invites practitioners to develop a holistic approach to forensic interventions incorporating a collaborative...

...Kim Liddiard; Sara Louise Morgan; Bronwen Elizabeth Lesley Davies Purpose Transitioning is an inevitable part of being in secure settings, yet little research exists focussing on the experiences of individuals and what interventions might help them to achieve optimal transitions. This seems...

...Zoe Stephenson; Jessica Woodhams; Leigh Harkins Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the views and opinions of offender supervisors and offender managers regarding the sequencing of interventions for prisoners in England. More specifically, the research aims to gain an understanding...

...Daniel Mark Carter; Roxanne Khan; Gayle Brewer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the sexual aggression in sport literature, including an analysis of interventions delivered to athletes that focus on the role of the coach and wider sporting community. The paper...

... on change in NOPs, and more importantly, the impact on recidivism and reduction of further harm to children are yet to be fully investigated and these are central questions for the service to ensure that it offers a valid and reliable intervention programme and limits the extent to which the programme can...

... and attitudes that support offending and how these have developed; exploration and intervention in regard to victim empathy, looking at the impact of such abuse, and any further links in understanding based on their own developmental histories; consideration of sexual interests that are contributing...

... of intervention programme has grown increasingly popular. Offender-led dog-training programmes (DTPs) use offenders (or at-risk youths) to train dogs to work as service animals or to improve the dogs’ chances of being adopted. In 1981, Sister Pauline Quinn and Dr Leo Bustad, a pioneer of human-animal interaction...

...James Densley Following a recent significant rise in ‘gang‐related’ teenage homicide in London, this paper critically examines the Greater London gang phenomenon and the city's burgeoning gang intervention industry. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and qualitative interviews with gang...

...Eleanor Swain; Sara Boulter; Nicola Piek This article outlines conventional dual diagnosis outcome measures and the challenges of using these measures to evaluate interventions in medium secure units. It suggests how these challenges can be overcome by using alternative outcome measures...