...Gareth Hickman; Antonia Morris Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on an inpatient cognitive behavioural sex offender treatment group programme developed and provided to people with intellectual disabilities detained in medium and low security hospital settings. The programme...

... There is a paucity of data, policy and literature that focuses on people with intellectual disabilities and autism with forensic needs from ethnic minority backgrounds. This lack of data obstructs further reforms to meet the needs of this population. Originality/value CBFSSs are commissioned across England...

...Eskil Nyhus; Søren Holst; Charlotte Munch; Erik Søndenaa Purpose Persons with intellectual disabilities (ID) who offend are treated differently depending on the national jurisdiction. Norway and Denmark are two such examples. The differences in care models may also have an impact on staff...

...Karina Marshall-Tate; Eddie Chaplin; Jane McCarthy; Annmarie Grealish Purpose Expert consensus is that people with an intellectual disability are over represented across the criminal justice setting (CJS). Primary research studies have been conducted in police stations and prisons, but little...

...Darren David Chadwick; Caroline Wesson Purpose Mental health courts (MHCs) may enable better support for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) within the criminal justice system (CJS) but little evaluative empirical evidence is available regarding their operation. The purpose of this paper...

...Phyllis Annesley; Zoe Hamilton; Roisin Galway; Samantha Akiens; Rachel Hicks; Martin Clarke Purpose Neuropsychologically informed rehabilitation (NIR) is one approach to supporting people with intellectual disabilities, cognitive impairment and challenging behaviour. This study aims to evaluate...

...). As such, it is more important than ever for the evidence base to enhance the understanding of motivation to change in offending populations. Motivational interviewing Motivation Intellectual disabilities Offenders Learning disabilities Stages of change Offenders with learning disabilities (LD...

...Gareth Hickman; Su Thrift; Chénelle Taylor Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe in detail the treatment pathway utilised in a male medium and low secure intellectual disability (ID) service. Over the preceding five years, service users have followed the outlined treatment pathway...

...Gareth Hickman; Nicola Booth; Thuy Hoang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the introduction of a Leavers’ Preparation Group in an Intellectual Disability (ID) Secure Service. In the context of reductions in ID inpatient beds and reductions in restrictive practices, discharge...

...Sarah Hammond; Nigel Beail Purpose There has been little empirical investigation into the theoretical relationship between moral reasoning and offending in people with intellectual disabilities (ID). The purpose of this paper is to compare offending and non-offending ID groups on a new measure...

...Gareth Hickman; Su Thrift; Rani Dhaliwal; Chénelle Taylor Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the Brooklands Thinking Skills Offender Programme (BTSOP), a social problem-solving skills group programme developed and provided to people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) detained...

...Sarah Ashworth; Krista Jansen; Lydia Bullock; Paul Mooney Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe a feasibility study into the development and pilot of a psychoeducational group for people with intellectual disability and co-morbid mental disorder (including mental illness and personality...

...Shaunagh MacDonald; Jane Clarbour; Clare Whitton; Kelly Rayner Purpose Previous literature has reported that working with sexual offenders can impact staff negatively (Hatcher and Noakes, 2010). In addition, working with individuals with intellectual disability also appears to be challenging...

... the experiences of stress and the use of coping strategies from the perspective of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) currently residing within the forensic in-patient services of one National Health Service Trust. Design/methodology/approach – Data were gathered via focus group discussions...

...Joanne Skellern; John Hutchinson; Vicky Dunn Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of the community-based individual risk mitigation profile (IRMP) and to examine its effectiveness for people who have an intellectual disability, and are at risk of offending, through...

...Jenna McWilliams; Ian de Terte; Janet Leathem; Sandra Malcolm; Jared Watson Purpose – The Transformers programme is a community-based intervention for people with an intellectual disability (ID) who have emotion regulation difficulties, which can manifest as aggressive and challenging behaviour...

... United Kingdom Intellectual disabilities Offending behaviour Criminal justice system Police Theory of mind Autism spectrum disorder Adjustments Asperger syndrome Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of developmental disorders which affect a person's ability to make sense...

... that there is a need for good practise guidelines for assessing risk in individuals with an ASD. David Murphy can be contacted at: david.murphy@wlmht.nhs.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Intellectual disabilities Violence Risk assessment Autism spectrum disorders Risk management...

.... (2012), “ Autism spectrum disorders and offending ”, Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities , Vol. 6 No. 6 , pp. 308 ‐ 13 . Hare , D. , Gould , J. , Mills , R. and Wing , L. (1999), “ A preliminary study of individuals with autistic spectrum...

... Graphic 3 --> © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Intellectual disabilities Prison Autism spectrum disorder Neurodevelopmental disorders Attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder A search of electronic databases (including the Research Autism web site, MEDLINE, PsychINFO...