The British Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 2 Issue 3
Table of contents
Cultural Awareness within Forensic Psychiatry: a Literature Review
J. ParkesA review of literature concerning the over‐representation of young, African‐Caribbean males within secure psychiatric services.
Applying Theory and Research to Offender Rehabilitation ‐ What Should Practitioners Know?
Andrew Day, Kevin HowellsSurveys of offender treatment programmes have revealed that practitioners delivering specialist programmes are often unaware of much of the theoretical and research literature…
Prisons as Schools of Crime ‐ a Myth Debunked?
Warren DennisPrisons have been considered ‘schools of crime’ (Walker, 1995) This study examines this notion in relation to burglary. Questionnaires and a burglary‐related task were completed…
A Comparative Study of Stress Among Forensic and Acute Mental Health Nurses
Gill Chalder, Peter NolanThis study sought to address one of the most critical issues that mental health professionals endure in modern health care, namely stress at work. Though it has been discussed for…
Understanding the Therapeutic Relationship ‐ Women Diagnosed as Borderline Personality Disordered
Tracy Wilkins, Samantha WarnerIt has been suggested that children's repeated traumatisation, such as repeated exposure to physical or sexual abuse, evokes defensive operations and experiential distortions that…