... partnering with a range of stakeholders, conferring benefits that could not have been achieved in any other way. Design/methodology/approach Purposive sampling resulted in 15 semi-structured interviews with prisoner parkrunners and volunteers at a women’s prison in England. Findings A range of highly...

... and desistance of eight Maltese women with a history of HRDU. Data were gathered through in-depth interviews and analysis used an evolved grounded theory methodology. Findings Four explanatory categories were identified in the interview data to document the role of mothering in the various pathways...

...Holly Price; Emily Glorney Purpose 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 an insight into the complexities of the gendered homeless experience, while using...

... of these women will lead to a better understanding of this specific group. Therefore, the aim of the study was to gain insight into the characteristics of female forensic psychiatric patients in Flanders, Belgium. Design/methodology/approach A case file study was carried out in the forensic psychiatric...

... within secure mental health settings. Design/methodology/approach Six electronic databases were searched to identify relevant studies. These were included if they examined the association between inequalities and mental health in women’s secure mental health settings. Findings Of the 608 studies...

.... It was predicted that the interventions would weaken the ability of START to predict self-harm in patients who received the intervention. Design/methodology/approach Secondary analysis of routinely collected data in a large sample of women in an inpatient secure care setting. Demographic and clinical...

...Aisling O’Meara; Meinir Edwards; Jason Davies Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore women’s experiences of criminal justice systems to inform the development of guidance on working with women. Design/methodology/approach A two-part, independent samples and qualitative study using...

... trajectories of 12 women, who are either incarcerated or in a residential drug treatment facility. Data were gathered qualitatively through in-depth interviews and analysed using a grounded theory methodology. Findings The paper highlights how the victimisation and substance abuse trajectories of women...

...Lucy Jade Lovell; Gillian Hardy Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the lived experience of having a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in a forensic setting. Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight women...

...Rebecca Fish Purpose This paper aims to review research of relevance to women with learning disabilities, focusing in particular on literature which is applicable to women with learning disabilities who use forensic services. Design/methodology/approach Research involving women with learning...

...Kate Robertson; Sue Elcock; Chris Milburn; Phyllis Annesley; Jane Jones; Birgit A. Völlm Purpose Patients in the National High Secure Healthcare Service for Women have a high prevalence of trauma and self injury. This highlights the need for specialised training of staff dealing with such women...

...Clive G. Long Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review issues of relevance to practitioners using group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with women in secure settings. Design/methodology/approach The extant literature on CBT as applied to women in secure settings is reviewed...

...Clive Long; Addic Brillon; Donna Schell; Paula Webster The nutrition and eating habits of women in a secure psychiatric service were surveyed using in vivo participation, observation and self‐report procedures. It was predicted that high levels of obesity were partly related to unhealthy eating...