Improving healthcare in adult probation services: Learning from Youth Offending Teams

Probation Intensity, Self-Reported Offending, and Psychopathy in Juveniles on Probation for Serious Offenses.

This study examines the relationship between level of supervision by the juvenile probation officers (JPO) and an adolescent's offending, considering the characteristics of juvenile offenders (specifically, level of psychopathy). Data are taken from the Pathways to Desistance Study on a subset of 859 juvenile offenders. We found that the level of probation officer supervision was not consistent...

Primary Mental Health Workers within Youth Offending Teams: a new service model.

Primary Mental Health Workers (PMHWs) have been deployed to address the mental health needs of young offenders referred to Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) in two UK areas. The mental health characteristics of 60 young people consecutively referred to these PMHWs, the assessment outcome and interventions offered, are described. In addition to the anticipated concerns about oppositional/aggressive b...

Delinquent Networks Youth Co-offending in Stockholm

Longitudinal Patterns of Juvenile And Adult Offending in Youth in the Mental Health System

Introduction Studies have shown that, compared to other youth within their same social class, a higher proportion of youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED) are arrested during adolescence and young adulthood (e. Most of these studies have examined youth from mental health or special education services. Knowledge about criminal justice (CJ) involvement among these particular youth is fai...

Introducing a post-registration interprofessional learning programme for healthcare teams.

INTRODUCTION Few studies have evaluated interprofessional learning (IPL) and teamworking in active clinical teams. The aim of this study was to evaluate an IPL programme offered to established clinical teams by assessing team climate before, during and after the intervention. METHODS A previously validated questionnaire, that explored team members' views of team climate, was administered befo...