The Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 24 Issue 1

The use of a guided peer review assessment for investigative interviewers of child witnesses

Sonja P. Brubacher, Martine B. Powell, Linda C. Steele, David Boud

Investigative interviewers assess their colleagues' interviews (‘peer review’) as a necessary part of their practice, and for their self-development. Yet, there is little guidance…

Psychological and the physical health impacts of forensic workplace trauma

Dipti Mistry, Lynsey Gozna, Tony Cassidy

Health-care professionals working in inpatient forensic mental health settings are exposed to a range of traumatic and distressing incidents with impacts discussed variously as…

Developing a measure to assess clinicians’ ability to reflect on key staff–patient dynamics in forensic settings

Adam Polnay, Helen Walker, Christopher Gallacher

Relational dynamics between patients and staff in forensic settings can be complicated and demanding for both sides. Reflective practice groups (RPGs) bring clinicians together to…

A rapid evidence assessment of psychological treatment approaches for stalking behaviour

Shonagh Leigh, Jason Davies

This paper aims to provide practitioners with a brief but comprehensive review of the current evidence base for psychological treatment approaches used in the UK that may be…

Linking the past and the present: service users’ perspectives of how adverse experiences relate to their admission to forensic mental health services

Jessica Cartwright, Daniel Lawrence, Christopher Hartwright

This study aimed to explore how forensic mental health service users make sense of their past adverse experiences. Secondly, it aimed to explore whether service users considered…

Book Review: The Brain Defense: Murder in Manhattan and the Dawn of Neuroscience in America’s Courtrooms

Owen P. O'Sullivan