This is the second of two articles, co-produced by Gavin Wilkinson and service users, looking at the benefits of social inclusion activities for people on probation.
This is the first of two articles, co-produced by Gavin Wilkinson and service-users, looking at the benefits of social inclusion activities for people on probation.
Our submission to the House of Commons Justice Committee Inquiry into prison mental health has now been published.
In this week's podcast, Gavin Wilkinson discusses crime, prisons and his work with prisoners as a trainee forensic psychologist.
Gavin Wilkinson on how the games played between during the cold war had contributed to pushing some people into the criminal justice system
Gavin Wilkinson on how the economic turmoil in 1970s Britain contributed to pushing people into the criminal justice system and mental health services
Whilst working in a forensic psychology service with the probation service, I remember seeing a referral in my in-tray marked ‘urgent’. When delving into the file it turned out to be the file of...
Whilst working for the probation service in an approved premises, I remember that Monday afternoon was the weekly scheduled spot to review the progress being made by our foreign national offenders...
Whilst working for the NHS in a primary care mental health service, I remember walking into the community mental health team’s monthly referrals meeting. The meeting was to discuss the referrals...
Whilst working in a community drug project I remember walking into work one Monday morning and seeing Arnie’s (not his real name) referral paperwork on my desk.
I had not worked long at...
