ABSTRACT

This book explores the ways in which diversity and experiences of marginalisation are present in forensic mental health care settings around the globe and suggests ways of moving forward.

Forensic mental health services provide care for a group of patients who are marginalised in several respects. Many have experienced childhood adversity and abuse, substance use, serious and chronic mental disorders, poor healthcare education or treatment, inadequate educational opportunities, social isolation, and pervasive forms of stigmatization. On top of these individual experiences of marginalisation, wide diversity exists across patients’ socio-demographic, cultural, and clinical characteristics. Chapters in this book discuss these crucial and often sensitive problems, such as working with transgender prisoners, the impact of incarceration for children from non-white backgrounds, cultural and linguistic diversity in forensic settings, and more.

Combining global perspectives, current evidence and case studies, this book will be of interest to patients, carers, practitioners, researchers, and students of forensic mental health.

part 1|17 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 1|6 pages

Marginalisation and diversity in forensic mental health care

An introduction

chapter Chapter 2|9 pages

The US Criminal Justice System

The experience of racially marginalised people

part 2|52 pages

Marginalised and diverse social characteristics

chapter Chapter 4|10 pages

Transitional spaces

Working with transgender prisoners in the United Kingdom

chapter Chapter 5|11 pages

Children in custody

The context and impact of incarceration

part 3|43 pages

Marginalised and diverse clinical characteristics

part 4|33 pages

Developing responsive interventions and models of care

part 5|44 pages

Communicating with marginalised groups

chapter Chapter 17|14 pages

Men in ‘Limbo’

Masculinities in medium-secure care in Scotland

chapter Chapter 18|10 pages

Carers and forensic services

Towards carers' peer support

part 6|6 pages

Conclusion

chapter Chapter 19|4 pages

Conclusion

Pulling towards justice