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Pathways to unlocking secure mental health care
1 Apr 2011
This report examines how pathways into and through secure mental health services can be improved to ensure a better flow between prison and secure services.
Diversion: the business case for action
15 Feb 2011
Diversion shows diversion from custody is still much cheaper than just a few weeks in prison. Well-designed diversion schemes can help to reduce reoffending by one third.
A label for exclusion
4 Jan 2011
This policy paper identifies areas and practical examples of how the commissioning and delivery of alcohol interventions for offenders in the community might be developed.
Briefing 42: Beyond the Gate
24 Nov 2010
Only a small proportion of prisoners in England have jobs to go to on release and employment support is too often denied to offenders with mental health problems.
The economic and social costs of mental health problems in 2009/10
3 Oct 2010
This policy paper calculates the economic and social costs of mental illness including the costs of health and social care, lost output and the human costs of reduced quality of life.
Under the radar
14 Sep 2010
Under the Radar calls for better diversion from custodial sentences for women with a personality disorder and increased training for prison staff.
You just get on and do it
7 Sep 2010
This paper shows the results of our study of healthcare provision in YOTs in England.
Public health and criminal justice
21 Jul 2010
Promoting and protecting the mental health and wellbeing of offenders can have wide-ranging benefits for individuals, their families and their communities.
Common mental health problems at work
7 Jun 2010
Common Mental Health Problems at Work examines recent international research evidence on how to help people with depression and anxiety to stay in work or to return after a period of ill health.
Implementing Recovery
27 Apr 2010
This paper presents a practical methodology to help mental health services and their local partners become more recovery-oriented in their organisation and practices, and thereby to support these processes more effectively.
Diversion dividend
2 Apr 2010
Diverting offenders to community support rather than prisons would save money in the justice system and reduce reoffending rates.
The Bradley Report and the Criminal Justice Workforce
30 Mar 2010
This paper examines what justice workers need to help them to help to implement the 82 recommendations of Lord Bradley’s review of how the justice system supports people with mental health problems or learning disabilities.