New recommendation to protect mental health of prisoners and probationers

Council of Europe

An Investigation into the Prevalence of Mental Health Disorder and Patterns of Health Service Access in a Probation Population (1)

Presentation at the Penological Council for Co-Operation (PC-CP) Strasbourg) Sept. 2020 Prof. Charlie Brooker – Royal Holloway, University of London

The European survey of probation staff’s knowledge of, and attitudes to, mental illness (2023)

Professor Charlie Brooker Royal Holloway University of London Professor Karen Tocque University of Chester

Moving Forward Together: Mental health among persons supervised by the Probation Service (2021)

Dr. Christina L. Power Irish Probation Service

Maximising positive mental health outcomes for people under probation supervision (2020)

Dr. Coral Sirdifield; a School of Health and Social Care, University of Lincoln, Prof. Charlie Brooker: Centre for Sociology and Criminology, Royal Holloway, University of London HM Inspectorate of Probation/Academic Insights 2020/06

Mental health during Coronavirus (2020)

By Mrs. Stacey Musimbe-Rix of the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company (KSS CRC), Research and Policy Unit.

Mental health and probation A systematic review of the literature (2020)

Dr. Coral Sirdifield; a School of Health and Social Care, University of Lincoln, Prof. Charlie Brooker: Centre for Sociology and Criminology, Royal Holloway, University of London Rebecca Marples; School of Law and Social Sciences, University of Suffolk,

Substance misuse and community supervision A systematic review (2020)

Dr. Coral Sirdifield; a School of Health and Social Care, University of Lincoln, Prof. Charlie Brooker: Centre for Sociology and Criminology, Royal Holloway, University of London Rebecca Marples; School of Law and Social Sciences, University of Suffolk,

Suicide and probation: a systematic review of the literature (2020)

Dr. Coral Sirdifield; a School of Health and Social Care, University of Lincoln, Prof. Charlie Brooker: Centre for Sociology and Criminology, Royal Holloway, University of London Rebecca Marples; School of Law and Social Sciences, University of Suffolk,

An Investigation into the Prevalence of Mental Health Disorder and Patterns of Health Service Access in a Probation Population (2012)

Professor C. Brooker (a.o) Professor of Mental Health and Criminal Justice University of Lincoln

An Evaluation of Mental Health Awareness Training for Probation Staff (2009)

Professor C. Brooker Professor of Mental Health and Criminal Justice University of Lincoln C. Sirdifield Research Assistant University of Lincoln

Developing mental health awareness and training in the correctional justice system – an overview of policy & practice recommendations

This handbook provides recommendations intended for policy makers and policy influencers across the criminal justice system, who recognise mental health issues of prisoners as a key area of intervention both during imprisonment and on release.

AWARE Study Manual

The AWARE project brings forward as a solution a training programme for prison staff, probation services, civil society organizations and volunteers who work with former prisoners. To provide impulses for the development of further training, AWARE reviewed existing scientific and practical findings on mental health in the criminal justice system and gathered them in a state-of-the-art report.

Delivering a smarter approach: Community Sentence Treatment Requirements

The Centre for Justice Innovation provides hands on support to practitioners in the justice system to help them develop and share innovative and effective practice; The Centre conduct research into how things work right now and how they could work better.

Promoting non-discrimination in the application and delivery of non-custodial sanctions and measures: a manual for practitioners (2023)

This manual was developed by Penal Reform International (PRI) together with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) and the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (UC) as part of project PRI Alt Eur: Promoting non-discriminatory alternatives to imprisonment across Europe, funded through the European Union’s Justice Programme

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