The Offender Personality Disorder pathway for women in England and Wales: a hopeful new development?
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Cohen, R., Trebilcock, J., Weaver, T. and Moran, P. 2019. The Offender Personality Disorder pathway for women in England and Wales: a hopeful new development? Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. 29 (5-6), pp. 257-260. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2127
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Title | The Offender Personality Disorder pathway for women in England and Wales: a hopeful new development? |
Authors | Cohen, R., Trebilcock, J., Weaver, T. and Moran, P. |
Abstract | The Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway was jointly commissioned by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and NHS England in 2011. Representing one of the most significant recent developments in mental health and criminal justice, the pathway provides psychologically-informed and relationally-focused treatment for high risk offenders with personality disorder. Acknowledging the gender differences that exist in terms of the psychosocial and criminogenic needs of offenders, the OPD pathway provides female-specific services, delivering “wraparound” support for eligible women throughout their sentences, in custody and in the community. The OPD pathway for women is seeking to make a valuable contribution to managing this population of female offenders who are among the most vulnerable individuals in the criminal justice system, but who pose a high risk to the public. The pathway constitutes an innovative development in terms of delivering improved outcomes for this challenging and complex offender group, but knowledge about its impact will require close on-going evaluation. |
Keywords | Offender Personality Disorder pathway; female offenders; risk and reoffending; offender management; psychological treatment |
Publisher | Wiley |
Journal | Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health |
ISSN | 0957-9664 |
Electronic | 1471-2857 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 08 Jan 2020 |
31 Dec 2019 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 19 Sep 2019 |
Accepted | 31 Jul 2019 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Cohen, R, Trebilcock, J, Weaver, T, Moran, P. The Offender Personality Disorder Pathway for Women in England and Wales: a hopeful new development? Crim Behav Ment Health. 2019; 29: 257– 260., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2127. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
Additional information | Volume 29, Issue 5-6: December 2019 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2127 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000506060000001 |
Language | English |
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