Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour: Volume 7 Issue 2

Liaison and diversion services: embedding the role of learning disability nurses

Vanessa Louise Shaw

The purpose of this paper is to improve the health and criminal justice outcomes for people who come into contact with the criminal justice system. People with learning…

Development of the community based individual risk mitigation profile (IRMP) for people who have intellectual disability and are at risk of offending

John Hutchinson, Vicky Dunn

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of the community-based individual risk mitigation profile (IRMP) and to examine its effectiveness for people who have an…

Coping with stress: the experiences of service-users with intellectual disabilities in forensic services

John Burns, Alexandra Lampraki

It is now widely acknowledged that stress negatively impacts holistic and well-being and has been identified as a major global concern. The purpose of this paper is to report on a…

Journeys into dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT): capturing the staff and service-user experience

Paula Johnson, Michaela Thomson

The purpose of this paper is to explore the lived experiences of staff and service-users regarding the introduction of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) into an NHS forensic…

The support needs of learning disability nurse facilitators of sex offender treatment programmes: a discussion

Keeley Smith

The role of the learning disability (LD) nurse has developed and expanded significantly within recent years, especially their responsibility for delivering a variety of specialist…

Guest editorial

Joanne Skellern