Trauma-Informed Forensic Practice

Phil Willmot is a Consultant Forensic and Clinical Psychologist and Joint Lead Psychologist for the Men’s Personality Disorder Service at Rampton Hospital. He is also Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at the University of Lincoln, UK.Lawrence Jones is Head of Psychology at Rampton Hospital. He is a former chair of the Division of Forensic Psychology and has published in a range of areas including therapeutic communities, formulation, "personality disorder", iatrogenic responses to intervention, motivation, offence paralleling behaviour, sexual offending, and trauma- and diversity-informed care.

"This is an essential introduction to trauma-informed care in an area where it is most needed - the forensic and criminal justice system. Perpetrators often begin as victims, and unless we take on the implications of this, we will never break the cycle of offending. In this extremely comprehensive overview, Willmot and Jones, and a range of experienced contributor, show how this perspective can be applied in a very wide range of settings and client groups. They believe that 'forensic psychology is currently due a paradigm shift.' This book is a crucial contribution to that process."Dr Lucy Johnstone, co-author of the Power Threat Meaning Framework"A compassionate understanding of trauma-related pathways into crime has tended to be associated with fears of collusion with offending behaviour, or excuses around culpability. However, this wide-ranging and immensely thoughtful book makes a compelling case for placing trauma-informed approaches at the heart of rehabilitation. This is a great read for both practitioners and service leaders."Dr Jackie Craissati MBE, Consultant Clinical & forensic Psychologist"For anyone working in, or interested in, forensic and Criminal Justice services this textbook is both authoritative and groundbreaking in its approach to trauma informed forensic practice. Distinctively, trauma is not simply conceptualized as the product of individual development, but rather the traumas of wider structural inequalities are acknowledged too. It is especially gratifying to see a group of practitioners making such a substantial academic contribution to the field. As academics we have much to learn from this collection of perspectives. I am confident that it will be the go-to text in this field for academics, policy makers and practitioners across and beyond the forensic field. Congratulations to all involved in the production of this weighty volume and especially the editors for orchestrating such a commendable collection of expert and insightful chapters. Very well worth a read, I wholeheartedly endorse it."Graham Towl, Professor of Forensic Psychology, Durham University and visiting Clinical Professor, Newcastle University and formerly inaugural Chair of the Division of Forensic Psychology and Chief Psychologist, Ministry of Justice, England and Wales.

• Introduction Phil Willmot & Lawrence JonesSection 1: Trauma and Offending1. Childhood Maltreatment and its Links to Offending Phil Willmot2. Trauma, Violence and Gender Phil Willmot and Yasmin Siddall3. Trauma-Informed Risk Assessment and Intervention: Understanding the Role of Triggering Contexts and Offence-Related Altered States of Consciousness (ORASC) Lawrence Jones4. Trauma, Personality Disorder and Offending Louise Sainsbury Section 2: Vulnerable Groups5. From Care to Custody Elizabeth Utting and Tamara Woodall6. Trauma and Intellectual Disability Emma Longfellow and Rachel Hicks7. Deafness and Trauma: A Journey to Equitable Trauma-Informed Care Sarah Todd8. Trauma and Offending in UK Military Veterans Jane JonesSection 3: Survival Responses9. "When You Have Got Like Twenty Thousand Thoughts in Your Head, that One Little Thing Can Just Make It All Go Away": Trauma and Non Suicidal Self Injury in Forensic Settings Rachel Beryl and Jessica Lewis 10. Trauma, Substance Use and Offending John Farnsworth11. Early Trauma, Psychosis and Violent Offending Claire Moore and Naomi Callender12. Trauma and Sexual Offending: Causal Mechanisms and Change Processes Lawrence Jones13. The traumatic Impact of Violent Crime on Offenders Jennifer Pink and Nicola GraySection 4: Trauma-Responsive Treatment14. A Therapeutic Community Approach to Address Harmful Sexual Behaviour in Older Teenager Karen Parish and Peter Clarke15. Containing Distress: Working with Compassion in a Prison-Based Democratic Therapeutic Community Geraldine Akerman and Nathan Joshua16. Addressing Trauma with Young Adult Males in Custody: Implementing a Stepped Care Trauma-Informed Approach in a Young Offenders Institution Kate Geraghty and Chantal Scaillet17. Trauma and the Experience of Imprisonment Kerensa Hocken, Jon Taylor and Jamie Wolton18. Trauma Informed Community Services Karen Orpwood and Sue RyanSection 5: Organisational Issues19. Developing Trauma-Informed Youth Justice Services Nicola Silvester 20. Trauma-Informed Care in Secure Psychiatric HospitalsFrank Maguire, Julie Carlisle and Fiona Clark21. The Impact on Staff of Trauma-Informed Work in Forensic Settings Michelle Smith22. Trauma-informed Care and Culture Change in an NHS Forensic Service Victoria Hiett-Davies23. Trauma and Restorative Justice Estelle Moore24. The Future of Trauma-Informed Forensic Practice Lawrence Jones and Phil Willmot