Crime Blog Posts

• People with learning disabilities over-represented in criminal justice system with no systematic approach to accessible and equitable services

  14 Jan 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Women and men with mental health problems are significantly more likely to have experienced domestic violence

  07 Jan 2013

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Similarities found in characteristics of juvenile offenders with and without learning disabilities

  21 Dec 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Repeat offending significantly higher in people with personality disorders, according to new systematic review

  02 Oct 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Recovery approach shows promise in learning disabilities secure service

  28 Sep 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Community-based outreach may reduce mental health problems in women who experience intimate partner abuse

  24 Sep 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Study calls for training for police on identification of learning disability

  13 Sep 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Clozapine use in women with borderline personality disorder and mild learning disability reduced rates of self injury and use of restraint

  21 Aug 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• More research is needed for cognitive behavioural therapy to help men who commit domestic violence

  20 Aug 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• New report on preventing homelessness from the Ministerial Working Group on Homelessness

  17 Aug 2012

  • Andre Tomlin