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.
This review focuses on four key areas that are central to the community pathways model: implementing systems to identify all high-risk, high-harm offenders likely to have a personality disorder, developing a psychological formulation of their needs, devising a psychologically informed ‘pathway plan’ and providing training and consultative support to probation staff.
Read Commentary: Implementation in the community…
This study investigated the impact of completing collaborative case formulations (CFs) on the professional relationship between Offender Managers (OMs) and high risk offenders with personality disorder (PD).
Read The impact of collaborative case formulation with high risk offenders with personality disorder. …
This paper explores the views of NHS England (NHSE) and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) commissioners about the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway.
Read A more promising architecture? Commissioners’ perspectives on the reconfiguration of personality disorder services under the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway.…
A recent government strategy has been developed to meet the challenges posed by personality disordered offenders.
Read The London Pathways Project: Evaluating the effectiveness of a consultation model for personality disordered offenders.…
Personality disorder (PD) is highly prevalent in offender samples and is an aggravating factor for risk assessment.
Read An investigation into competency for working with personality disorder and team climate in the probation service.…
December 2011
BackgroundA model of psychologically informed offender management for high risk of harm offenders with personality disorder (PD) was piloted, in which NHS psychologists worked alongside London probation staff.
Read Developing probation staff competency for working with high risk of harm offenders with personality disorder: An evaluation of the Pathways Project.…