Diversity and Marginalisation in Forensic Mental Health Care

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.

Jack Tomlin is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Greenwich, United Kingdom. He has studied, taught, and researched crime and mental health in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Germany. Birgit Völlm is Professor of Forensic Psychiatry and Director of the Hospital of Forensic Psychiatry at Rostock University Medical Center. She is also Chair of the Forensic Section of the World Psychiatric Association.

Foreword by Professor Harry Kennedy Part One: Introduction 1. Marginalisation and Diversity in Forensic Mental Health Care: An introduction Dr Jack Tomlin Prof Birgit Völlm 2. The United States Criminal Justice System: The Experience of Racially Marginalized People Dr Brittany Wells Dr Antoinette Kavanaugh Part Two: Marginalised and Diverse Social Characteristics 3. Intersectional Inequalities and Women in Secure Settings Dr Jayne Taylor Professor Tammi Walker 4. Transitional Spaces: Working with Transgender Prisoners in the United Kingdom Jessica Collier Dr Rebecca Lockwood Dr Frances Maclennan 5. Children in Custody: Exploring the Impact of Incarceration for Children and Their Families in the Context of Wider Marginalization and Oppression Dr Celia Sadie Dr Clare Holt Andrez Harriott Sophie D'Souza Javel Watt 6. Foreign Nationals in Forensic Care: A German Perspective Prof. Thomas Ross Dr María Isabel Fontao Dr Annette Opitz-Welke Dr Jan Bulla 7. Fathers in Forensic Mental Health Services Dr Sara Morgan Dr Leigh Gale Dr Christopher Hartwright Dr Michelle Wells Part Three: Marginalised and Diverse Clinical Characteristics 8. Autism in Forensic Settings Emma Longfellow Julia Skelding 9. Learning Disability and Forensic Mental Health Julia Skelding Emma Longfellow 10. The problematic nature of transitions amongst adolescents with multiple and complex needs in secure care: An overview of institutional transitions Dr Maria Livanou Dr Vivek Furtado 11. "Long-Stay" Patients in Forensic Mental Health Prof. Birgit Völlm Part Four: Developing Responsive Interventions and Models of Care 12. A Tripartite Model of Cultural, Clinical and Operational Governance in the Planning and Delivery of Culturally Informed Care for Indigenous Maori Forensic Mental Health Service Users Dr James Cavney 13. The Elders Project: Bringing Black African-Caribbean Collectivism in From the Outside Beresford Dawkins Dawn M Sutherland Dr Kimberly Sham Ku Patrick Bennett Dr Abdullah Mia 14. Working in Multicultural Forensic Settings: An Integrated Model of Assessment Dr Stephane M Shepherd Dr Mary O. Madu Part Five: Communicating with Marginalised Groups 15. The Individual as a Marginalised Cohort in Secure and Forensic Mental Health Inpatient Settings in the UK Dr Sarah Markham 16. Including Older Forensic Service Users in Research Dr Renske Visser Dr Janet Parrott Dr Fiona Houben Prof. Douglas MacInnes 17. Men in 'Limbo': Masculinities in Medium Secure Care in Scotland Dr Christine Haddow 18. Carers and Forensic Services: Towards Carers Peer Support Karen Machin Shelagh Musgrave Karen Persaud Dr Julie Ridley Part Six: Conclusion 19. Conclusion: Pulling towards justice Dr Jack Tomlin Prof. Birgit Völlm