Forensics_SPMM_2 Flashcards
What are forensic institutions?
Forensic institutions include high secure and medium secure residential units for mentally disordered offenders (MDOs), Young Offender Institutes (YOIs) for young offenders, and secure children’s homes.
What is the age range for young offenders in YOIs?
Young offenders in YOIs are typically aged 12 to 16.
What is the age range for juvenile offenders?
Juvenile offenders are typically aged 15 to 17.
What is the difference between high secure and medium secure units?
High secure units are filled with MDOs who pose a grave risk, while medium secure units provide services for high-risk MDOs.
What do low secure units generally hold?
Low secure units generally hold mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) with limited violence or absconding risk.
What is the role of Community Forensic Teams?
Community Forensic Teams focus on reducing physical and procedural security while enhancing therapeutic care.
What is the Parallel Care Model?
The Parallel Care Model provides inpatient medium secure care and community care in parallel, ensuring continuous long-term community service.
What is the Integrated Care Model?
The Integrated Care Model involves general psychiatric services providing long-term rehabilitation after discharge from low/medium secure units.
What is the Hybrid Care Model?
The Hybrid Care Model includes a period of shared care after discharge, allowing forensic services to retain long-term care for high-risk offenders.
What does probation refer to?
Probation refers to serving a sentence in the community rather than in prison.
What percentage of supervised offenders in England & Wales are under probation when discharged from secure institutions?
Nearly 70% of supervised offenders are under probation when discharged.
What are some roles of a probation officer?
Roles include assessing offenders, monitoring progress, advising the parole board, supervising offenders on license, and providing local support.
What are prison inreach services?
Prison inreach services provide a link to primary care health services and are present in nearly 87% of UK prisons.
What is the National Offender Management Service (NOMS)?
NOMS connects prison and probation services and advises the UK government on strategies and policies.
What is the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)?
MAPPA is a framework for interagency collaboration to manage mentally disordered offenders convicted of specified sexual or violent offences.
What are the three main areas to consider for security in psychiatric hospitals?
The three areas are physical security, relational security, and procedural security.
What is the purpose of security level assessment in forensic settings?
Security levels are assessed to balance safety needs with therapeutic objectives.
What are the categories of observation levels?
Observation levels include general observation, intermittent observation, within eyesight observation, and within arms’ length observation.
What factors determine the decision for temporary leave from secure units?
Factors include stability of mental state, insight, rapport with staff, engagement with treatment, and past behavior on leave.
What is Section 17 leave?
Section 17 leave allows temporary absence from secure units and requires documentation of purpose and conditions.
What is the prevalence of mental disorders in prisons?
Over 90% of prisoners have a mental disorder.
What is the most significant cause of morbidity in prisons?
Mental health problems are the most significant cause of morbidity in prisons.
What is the suicide rate trend in prisons?
The suicide rate in prison has more than doubled from 1982 to 1998.
What is the most common method of suicide in prisons?
The most common method of suicide in prisons is hanging.