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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.

Can trauma-informed practice be achieved in mainstream male prison settings?

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February 2026

Trauma-Informed Forensic Interventions

This chapter describes the framework for trauma focused work within the LPP / HMPPS led prison-based Offender Personality Disorder services. It includes discussion of the challenges of delivering trauma-responsive prison services, emphasising the traumatising nature of incarceration itself, as well as the potential for re-traumatising dynamics to emerge between prisoners and staff.

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