Trauma-Informed Forensic Practice: (Issues in Forensic Psychology)

Trauma-Informed Forensic Practice argues for placing trauma-informed practice and thinking at the heart of forensic services. It is written by forensic practitioners and service users from prison and forensic mental health, youth justice, and social care settings. It provides a compassionate theoretical framework for understanding the links between trauma and offending. It also gives practical guidance on working with issues that are particularly associated with a history of trauma in forensic settings, such as self-harm and substance use, as well as on working with groups who are particularly vulnerable to trauma, such as those with intellectual disabilities and military veterans. Finally, it considers organisational aspects of delivering trauma-informed care, not just for service users but for the staff who work in challenging and dangerous forensic environments. The book is the first of its kind to address such a broad range of issues and settings. It is aimed at forensic practitioners who wish to develop their own trauma-informed practice or trauma-responsive services. It also provides an accessible introduction to trauma-informed forensic practice for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Phil Willmot & Lawrence Jones Section 1: Trauma and Offending 1. Childhood Maltreatment and its Links to Offending Phil Willmot 2. Trauma, Violence and Gender Phil Willmot and Yasmin Siddall 3. Trauma-Informed Risk Assessment and Intervention: Understanding the Role of Triggering Contexts and Offence-Related Altered States of Consciousness (ORASC) Lawrence Jones 4. Trauma, Personality Disorder and Offending Louise Sainsbury Section 2: Vulnerable Groups 5. From Care to Custody Elizabeth Utting and Tamara Woodall 6. Trauma and Intellectual Disability Emma Longfellow and Rachel Hicks 7. Deafness and Trauma: A Journey to Equitable Trauma-Informed Care Sarah Todd 8. Trauma and Offending in UK Military Veterans Jane Jones Section 3: Survival Responses 9. "When You Have Got Like Twenty Thousand Thoughts in Your Head, that One Little Thing Can Just Make It All Go Away": Trauma and Non Suicidal Self Injury in Forensic Settings Rachel Beryl and Jessica Lewis 10. Trauma, Substance Use and Offending John Farnsworth 11. Early Trauma, Psychosis and Violent Offending Claire Moore and Naomi Callender 12. Trauma and Sexual Offending: Causal Mechanisms and Change Processes Lawrence Jones 13. The traumatic Impact of Violent Crime on Offenders Jennifer Pink and Nicola Gray Section 4: Trauma-Responsive Treatment 14. A Therapeutic Community Approach to Address Harmful Sexual Behaviour in Older Teenager Karen Parish and Peter Clarke 15. Containing Distress: Working with Compassion in a Prison-Based Democratic Therapeutic Community Geraldine Akerman and Nathan Joshua 16. Addressing Trauma with Young Adult Males in Custody: Implementing a Stepped Care Trauma-Informed Approach in a Young Offenders Institution Kate Geraghty and Chantal Scaillet 17. Trauma and the Experience of Imprisonment Kerensa Hocken, Jon Taylor and Jamie Wolton 18. Trauma Informed Community Services Karen Orpwood and Sue Ryan Section 5: Organisational Issues 19. Developing Trauma-Informed Youth Justice Services Nicola Silvester 20. Trauma-Informed Care in Secure Psychiatric Hospitals Frank Maguire, Julie Carlisle and Fiona Clark 21. The Impact on Staff of Trauma-Informed Work in Forensic Settings Michelle Smith 22. Trauma-informed Care and Culture Change in an NHS Forensic Service Victoria Hiett-Davies 23. Trauma and Restorative Justice Estelle Moore 24. The Future of Trauma-Informed Forensic Practice Lawrence Jones and Phil Willmot