The Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) Programme has been a controversial initiative in England and Wales. First introduced in 1999, DSPD became a highly contested operational as opposed to diagnostic term, used to define a population convicted of violent offences who were admitted for treatment within one of four high security units established for men. The aim of this paper is to explore the outcomes of Parole Board (PB) reviews with DSPD prisoners and investigate PB members’ views about DSPD. Nearly all PB members observed that the high security location of the DSPD units was more influential to their decision-making than the label of DSPD. PB members highlighted their expectation that DSPD prisoners make a journey through diff...
Background: Offenders with personality disorder represent a considerable burden on mental health and...
Empirical research has demonstrated a link between legal coercion and treatment engagement following...
Purpose – This paper explores the views of NHS England (NHSE) and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation...
Abstract: The Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) Programme has been a controversial initia...
Historically we have not known how to respond to offenders with personality disorder. In many respec...
We investigated the legal status of 172 dangerous and severe personality disorder (DSPD) patients an...
England and Wales introduced the administrative category of Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder (D...
The aims of this research were to gain a better understanding of dangerous and severe personality di...
The Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) service was set up to manage high risk prisoner...
Background: Since the late 1990s, in England and in Wales, there has been increasing interest in the...
The focus of this article is on the Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) programme and i...
The Response to Offender Personality Disorder Consultation was released in October 2011. For some th...
In 2011, the current government announced plans to overhaul the Dangerous and Severe Personality Dis...
The poster (presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Mental Health Research Network 2013) q...
The development of four high security Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) units in the pris...
Background: Offenders with personality disorder represent a considerable burden on mental health and...
Empirical research has demonstrated a link between legal coercion and treatment engagement following...
Purpose – This paper explores the views of NHS England (NHSE) and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation...
Abstract: The Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) Programme has been a controversial initia...
Historically we have not known how to respond to offenders with personality disorder. In many respec...
We investigated the legal status of 172 dangerous and severe personality disorder (DSPD) patients an...
England and Wales introduced the administrative category of Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder (D...
The aims of this research were to gain a better understanding of dangerous and severe personality di...
The Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) service was set up to manage high risk prisoner...
Background: Since the late 1990s, in England and in Wales, there has been increasing interest in the...
The focus of this article is on the Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) programme and i...
The Response to Offender Personality Disorder Consultation was released in October 2011. For some th...
In 2011, the current government announced plans to overhaul the Dangerous and Severe Personality Dis...
The poster (presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Mental Health Research Network 2013) q...
The development of four high security Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) units in the pris...
Background: Offenders with personality disorder represent a considerable burden on mental health and...
Empirical research has demonstrated a link between legal coercion and treatment engagement following...
Purpose – This paper explores the views of NHS England (NHSE) and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation...