Research and Publications

LPP is committed to supporting high quality evaluations of our services and to developing our understanding of best practice in the field of complex care in the criminal justice system. We have ongoing research collaborations underway with a number of academic partners.  LPP has a research group chaired by Dr Colin Campbell who is also a member of our Steering Group, and Dr Roxanna Short, LPPs research manager. 

Research Published by LPP Staff

Does “Enhanced Support” for Offenders Effectively Reduce Custodial Violence and Disruption? An Evaluation of the Enhanced Support Service Pilot

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0306624X17752254

 

Jarvis, D., Shaw, J. and Lovell, T. (2022) Service User Experiences of a Psychologically Enhanced Resettlement Service in an English Open Prison. Journal of Forensic Practice.  

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JFP-11-2021-0061/full/html?skipTracking=true#:~:text=Two%20superordinate%20themes%20of%20participants,positive%20experience%20in%20open%20conditions.

 

Mathlin G, Freestone M, Taylor C and Shaw J, Offenders with Personality Disorder who Fail to Progress: A Case Control Study using PLS-SEM Path Analysis (2021). JMIRx Med 0(0):e0 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10414335/#:~:text=For%20those%20offenders%20who%20do,as%2073%25%20%5B21%5D.

 

Yeadon, E, Shaw, J. and Eagan, V. (2020) The Offender Personality Disorder Pathway: Individual Differences in Readiness to Change and Reflective Functioning Journal of Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry 32(5). 

  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14789949.2020.1850843

 

Jeffcote, N., Freestone, M., Heathcote, C., Shaw, J., and Kennedy, P. (2020). Agreement over the content of case formulation in Offender Personality Disorder Pathway prison services. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2148 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cbm.2148

 

Hunter, S.Craig, E. and Shaw, J. (2018). Give it a Try: The experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) young men in a prison-based Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Service.  Journal of Forensic Practice

https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/2050-8794/vol/21/iss/1

 

Forster, O. and Shaw, J. (2018). Self-injury group psychotherapy intervention for young offenders; A pilot study. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2018.1508488. 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14789949.2018.1508488

 

Shaw, J. and Forster, O. (2018). How do high risk young adult prisoners with emerging personality disorders describe the process of change in therapy? Journal of Forensic Practice, 20(1), 32-41. 

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JFP-09-2017-0039/full/html

 

Higgins, C and Shaw, J. (2017). Implementation in the community. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 27(3), 277-280.  

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cbm.2038

 

Shaw, J., Higgins, C., & Quartey, C. (2017). The impact of collaborative case formulation with high risk offenders with personality disorder. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 1-13. 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14789949.2017.1324579

 

(IIRMS or EERSS). B Singh, R Short, P Minoudis (2024). Evaluation of the Enhanced Engagement and Relational Support Services (EERSS) within the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (In submission)

An evaluation of case formulation training and consultation with probation officers

P Minoudis, J Craissati, J Shaw, M McMurran, M Freestone, SJ Chuan (2013). Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 23 (4), 252-262

 

The London Pathways Project: Evaluating the effectiveness of a consultation model for personality disordered offenders

P MINOUDIS, J Shaw, J Craissati (2012). Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 22 (3), 218-232

Developing probation staff competency for working with high risk of harm offenders with personality disorder: An evaluation of the Pathways Project

J Shaw, P Minoudis, J Craissati, A Bannerman (2012). Personality and Mental Health 6 (2), 87-96

An investigation into competency for working with personality disorder and team climate in the probation service

J Shaw, P Minoudis, V Hamilton, J Craissati (2012). Probation Journal 59 (1), 39-48

It's a journey, not a destination-From dangerous and severe personality disorder (DSPD) to the offender personality disorder (OPD) pathway

P Minoudis, E Kane. (2017). Crim. Behav. & Mental Health 27, 207

Factors associated with progression in the London pathway project

D Jolliffe, J Cattell, A Raza, P Minoudis (2017). Criminal behaviour and mental health 27 (3), 222-237

Practitioner Guide: Working with people in the Criminal Justice System showing Personality Difficulties

A Mia, A Motz, C Logan, C Bull, E Nicklin, J Shaw, J Davies, J Tew….(2020)   NHS England Publications.  https://assets. publishing. service. gov. uk 

 

Current Research Projects

POLAR Study

 

Consultancy