The Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 25 Issue 2

Factors influencing the assessment of witnesses in juridical contexts: a literature review. Legal, civil and psychological implications

Antonio Iudici, Miriam Stefano, Davide Binato

This study aims to provide an overview of studies concerning bias in law, particularly in judges’ decisions. The authors intend to bring to light the factors that can most…

The Secure Quality Involvement (SeQuIn) tool: benchmarking co-production in secure services

Mick McKeown, Charlotte Byrne, Holly Cade, Jo Harris, Karen Wright

Secure mental health services in one UK region have acted within a network to develop a range of involvement practices. A new quality benchmarking tool has been created to…

Transforming a specialist community service model for working with men with sexual convictions and personality difficulties

Jackie Craissati, Ophelia Phillips, Caitriona Higgins

The purpose of this discussion paper is to describe the transition over the past five years of a highly specialist group treatment programme to a tiered public health delivery…

There and back again: staff and service user perspectives on readmission to a secure mental health hospital

Maria Whittaker, Andy Cook, Marisa Marrocco, David Osborne

Readmission to hospital can be distressing, costly for the National Health Service (NHS) and legally it should be a last resort as it entails restriction of liberty. This study…

“It’s the discharge and what comes after that” – a phenomenological analysis of peer support workers’ lived experiences of transitioning from psychiatric care

Kristina Brenisin, Mc Stephen Padilla, Kieran Breen

Transition from inpatient mental health care to community living can be very difficult, as people are at an increased risk of suicide, self-harm and ultimately readmission into…

Challenges in determining whether youth with autism spectrum disorder have been sexually abused: implications for forensic interviewing

Meredyth Goldberg Edelson

The purpose of this paper is to educate forensic interviewers about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and tools for interviewing youth with ASD when there are concerns of child…

Brain science in American courts: the culpable neurotransmitters

Janet K. Brewer

The purpose of this paper is to analyse how novel homicide defences predicated on contemporary neuroscience align with legal insanity.