The British Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 8 Issue 4

Editorial

David Ndegwa

High‐risk inferences in assessing high risk: outstanding concerns in the clinical use of the PCL‐R

Brian Thomas‐Peter, Jason Jones

The PCL‐R has been heralded as the ‘unparalleled’ (Salekin et al, 1996) risk assessment tool for assessing risk of violent and non‐violent recidivism. In the UK, the PCL‐R looks…

What is the link between personality disorder and dangerousness? A critique of ‘dangerous and severe personality disorder’

Rick Howard

This paper reviews the medico‐legal background to the development of the pilot programme for treatment and assessment of dangerous individuals with severe personality disorder. It…

DSPD: origins and progress to date

Tony Maden

The article reviews briefly the main factors behind the development of new DSPD services. Weaknesses in the design of the services are pointed out, and the article outlines the…

Forensic personality disorder in an MSU: lessons learnt after two years

Amory Clarke, David Ndegwa

For the last two years, the Forensic Mental Health Service at South London & Maudsley NHS has been one of the pilot sites funded by the DSPD programme. In this paper we are…

Learning experience from the Coventry Community Personality Disorder Service

J Pretorius, Alberto Albeniz

The Coventry Community Personality Disorder Service is a new service that has been developed successfully over the past two years, despite several challenges such as real…