The British Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 7 Issue 4

Editorial

What health partnerships should seek to provide for offenders

The quality and relevance of what happens in prisons are measurably improved once prisons are seen, and have to act, as an integral part of society and the community. The…

Prison health in England

In the last four years health services in public sector prisons in England have undergone a period of rapid reform and modernisation. Before this, prisoners' health care was…

Safer Custody Group

This paper describes the current levels of ‘self‐harm’, suicide and violence in prisons in England and Wales, outlines key high‐risk groups within the prison population and gives…

Mental Health Unit

The paper sets out the work of the Mental Health Unit, part of the Health and Offender Partnerships Directorate. It explains the functions of the Unit in advising and taking…

High secure services

Abstract High secure services treat patients who may have very complex clinical needs under conditions of security. Until very recently such services were run and managed on the…

Dangerous and severe personality disorder services

Interest in people who are ‘dangerous by way of severe personality disorder’ (DSPD) has grown enormously over the last six years, following growing concern in government about the…

Drug Strategy Unit

The paper covers:• nature of the drug problem ‐ drug dependence, prevalence of misuse, distribution of problematic drug‐users (PDUs) across NOMS and how drug‐related offending…

Applied psychological services

Applied psychology interventions have an important role to play in mental and physical health services with offenders and in reducing re‐offending. There has been a significant…

Health & Offender Partnerships

This article introduces the rationale for bringing more closely together those parts of the Home Office and Department of Health that were concerned with policy for health and…

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