The British Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 5 Issue 1
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The challenge of nursing personality‐disordered patients
Naomi Murphy, Denis McVeyABSTRACT Providing nursing care for patients with personality disorders is seen by many nursing staff as a highly undesirable job. This paper reviews the available literature and…
The use of the PCL‐R in forensic populations with learning disability
Catrin MorrisseyAlthough the PCL‐R is used widely for assessing forensic populations in general, there has been no published research on the reliability and validity of such assessments with…
Neologism in forensic practice
Rita DaltonA neologism (new word) has crept into forensic practice: the word ‘absconsion’, which is used instead of the correct form of ‘abscondment’ to mean the act of running away or…
Self‐inflicted deaths of women in custody
Nicola Mackenzie, Chris Oram, Jo BorrillStudies of prison suicides have consistently reported higher numbers of deaths for men than women. However it is not clear whether male or female prisoners have higher rates of…