Webinar video: Last month in criminal justice
Watch the video of the first episode of 'Last month in criminal justice'.
Watch the video of the first episode of 'Last month in criminal justice'.
Our submission to the House of Commons Justice Committee Inquiry into prison mental health has now been published.
For a long time, we have known that the mental health needs of prisoners are substantial and persistent.
The heavy price being paid by prisoners from the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown is well-documented.
The very high levels of psychiatric disturbance and suicidal thinking in prisoners are well established.
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 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...
Being imprisoned is more painful and traumatic for women than it is for men, according to new research published in our journal, The British Journal of Criminology.
The research, by...
The border between prison and the outside community appears to be particularly open to people with mental health problems.
In 1997, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) published a...
More than one third of victims of crime with mental health problems experienced negative reactions from police officers when they disclosed their condition, according to new research (£) published in the latest issue of...