The Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 23 Issue 3

Fit in your genes: an introduction to genes and epigenetics for forensic practitioners

Jamie Stephen Walton

This paper aims to provide a brief and accessible introduction to genetics and epigenetics for forensic practitioners. It provides two primers which define key genetic concepts…

People hurt people: reconceptualising criminogenic need to promote trauma sensitive and compassion focussed practice

Jon Taylor, Kerensa Hocken

This paper aims to outline the human capacity for harmfulness and details the role of trauma and adversity in the consolidation of harmful capacities.

“That’s the way my Wednesdays always go”: reverse-order instructions insufficient to mitigate schema-consistent errors in alibi generation

Joseph Eastwood, Mark D. Snow, Stuart Freedman

The purpose of this study was to assess the ability of innocent suspects to produce accurate alibis, as well as to identify procedures police interviewers can use to increase the…

The effects of COVID-19 on self-harm in a high-secure psychiatry hospital

Alexander Challinor, Kathryn Naylor, Patrick Verstreken

Self-harm, including death from suicide, remains a significant public health challenge. The prison population is known to be a high-risk group for self-harm and suicide. The…

Ethnic disparity in mental health legislation at the point of inpatient entry: pilot review in detained adolescents with developmental disorders

Deborah J. Morris, Elanor Lucy Webb, Lowri Foster-Davies, Paul M. Wallang, David Gibbs, Peter D. McAllister, Farshad Shaddel

Ethical concerns about the use of the Mental Health Act (MHA) have led to calls for developmental disorders to be removed from the list of mental disorders for which individuals…

Inequalities in women’s medium or low secure mental health settings: a scoping review

Aile Trumm, Kristina Brenisin, Kieran Breen

The more disadvantaged members of society generally experience poorer outcomes following the development of mental ill-health. The purpose of this paper is to scope the literature…

The influence of therapy alliance and treatment motivation in patients with Cluster B personality disorders on incidents in forensic hospitals

Maartje Clercx, Vivienne de Vogel, Marike Lancel, Marije Keulen-de Vos

Nonspecific factors such as therapy alliance and treatment motivation have been shown to be predictive of therapy outcome. However, research investigating these factors among…

Does the good lives model work? A systematic review of the recidivism evidence

Jenna Zeccola, Sally Fiona Kelty, Douglas Boer

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the efficacy of good lives model (GLM) interventions on the recidivism outcomes of convicted offenders.

Hurt people hurt people: using a trauma sensitive and compassion focused approach to support people to understand and manage their criminogenic needs

Jon Taylor, Kerensa Hocken

This paper aims to argue that to address those factors that contribute to the probability of offending, the origins of such factors should be understood, and interventions that…