The required readings for this unit are:

Australia	Required Reading(s)

Martin, T., & Happell, B. (2001). Undergraduate nursing students' views of mental health nursing in the forensic environment. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 10(2), 116-125. Retrieved December 20, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=4591180&db=aph The results suggest that VIFMH provides valuable learning experiences to increase students' understanding of mental health nursing and is effective in producing more positive attitudes towards this area of practice

 

Canada	Required Reading(s)

Arboleda-Flórez, J., & Stuart, H. L. (2000). The future for risk research. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 11(3), 506-509. Retrieved December 19, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=3998509&db=aph Focuses on the future of risk research in the field of forensic psychiatry. Challenges posed by the conceptualization of mental illness and violence to research; Demonstration of statistical association between mental illness and violence; Contribution of mental illness to overall levels of community violence. Holmes, D. (2002). Police and pastoral power: Governmentality and correctional forensic psychiatric nursing. Nursing Inquiry, 9(2), 84-92. Retrieved December 19, 2002, from Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=7489795&db=hch This paper presents the results of a grounded theory doctoral study undertaken in a multilevel secured psychiatric ward within the Canadian federal penitentiary system. Regehr, C., Edwardh, M. , & Bradford, J. (2000). Research ethics and forensic patients. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 45(10), 892-899. Retrieved December 19, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=4003664&db=aph Note some historical concerns regarding research on prisoners from a Canadian viewpoint.

 

International	Required Reading(s)

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United States	Required Reading(s)

Fenster, A., Markus, K. A., Wiedemann, C. F., Brackett, M. A., Fernandez, J. (2001). Selecting tomorrow's forensic psychologists: A fresh look at some familiar predictors. Educational & Psychological Measurement, 61(2), 336-348. Retrieved December 27, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database. http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5044266&db=aph The present study examined the use of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE-Verbal and GRE-Quantitative) and undergraduate grade point average (UGPA) to predict long-term performance in an MA program in forensic psychology Vess, J. (2001). Development and implementation of a functional skills measure for forensic psychiatric inpatients. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 12(3), 592-609. Retrieved December 20, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5743760&db=aph Responsible clinical management of forensic psychiatric inpatients involves a variety of challenges. One such challenge is the lack of a generally accepted theoretical framework to guide the content of treatment interventions. Another is the limited utility of available assessment instruments for the purposes of treatment-planning and outcome evaluation with this population. This article describes the development, implementation and psychometric properties of an instrument for measuring the functional skills of patients committed to a maximum-security forensic state hospital. Also presented are the role of this instrument in defining and standardizing the clinical approach of the facility's interdisciplinary treatment teams, its use in a computer-assisted treatment-planning process, and use of the resulting data in outcome evaluation

 

Databases
For the full text article online, sleuth the 'University of Calgary/ Library/ Article Indexes':

Directions:

• Select - Indexes and abstracts with links to full text articles
• Select - Academic Search Premier or Expanded Academic ASAP
• Select - Connect
• Fill in User ID and Pin
• Fill in search words: forensic and psychiatric and research

 

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The 'recommended only' readings for this unit are the following:

 

Australia	Recommended Reading(s)

Dhondea, R. (1995). An ethnographic study of nurses in a forensic psychiatric setting: Education and training implications. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 4, 77-82.

• Note this ethnographic study of nurses in forensic psychiatric settings.

Canada	Recommended Reading(s)

CA Crisanti, A. S., Arboleda-Florez, J., & Stuart, H. (2000). The Canadian Criminal Code Provisions for Mentally Disordered Offenders: A Survey of Experiences, Attitudes, and Knowledge. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 45(9), 816-820. Retrieved December 19, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=3937294&db=aph This study surveyed criminal lawyers and forensic psychiatrists to gather information on their knowledge of, experiences with, and attitudes toward the Criminal Code provisions regarding mentally disordered offenders. We hoped to learn why the 1992 criminal code amendments had so little impact on practice patterns.

 

International	Recommended Reading(s)

Italy Fioritti, A.., Melega, V., Ferriani, E., Rucci, P., Scaramelli, A. R., Venco, C., & Santarini, F. (2001). Crime and mental illness: An investigation of three Italian forensic hospitals. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 12(1), Retrieved December 20, 2002, from Academic Search Premier: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=4422987&db=aph Maximum-security forensic hospitals, or Ospedali Psichiatrici Giudiziari (OPGs), are the only facilities in Italy providing care and custody for mentally ill offenders. This article aims to describe clinical, criminological and psychosocial features of their population Netherlands Koeter, Ch. M. W. J. (2002). Quality of life in forensic psychiatry: An unreclaimed territory? International Review of Psychiatry, 14(3), 198-202. Retrieved December 12, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6998196&db=aph This article focuses on the role of the quality of life concept in forensic psychiatry and the aim is to find out whether quality of life is regarded as an important outcome measure in this subspecialty of psychiatry. Switzerland Koller, K., & Hantikainen, V. (2002). Privacy of patients in the forensic department of a psychiatric clinic: A phenomenological study. Nursing Ethics, 9(4), 347-360. Retrieved December 12, 2002, from Academic Search Premier: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6978422&db=aph This study, based on the phenomenological approach, was aimed at exploring the meaning of privacy for forensic psychiatric patients. The narratives of two such patients, diagnosed with schizophrenia and hospitalized on a forensic unit because of a killing offence, were analysed by means of qualitative content analysis. The study was conducted in a Swiss psychiatric clinic with forensic units. The results demonstrated that 'privacy' is not a question of luxury but a very basic human right. The ethical implications for nurses acting as key workers in such situations are highlighted. Recommendations for practice are detailed. Sweden Rask, M., & Aberg, I. (2002). Swedish forensic nursing care: Nurses' professional contributions and educational needs. .Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 9(5), 531-539. Retrieved December 12, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=7438493&db=aph In this report, data regarding how nursing care could contribute to improved care and the organizational changes needed and what knowledge the nurses need, in order to be able to meet the demands in the future, were analyzed by means of content analysis. Germany Spitzer, C., Dudeck, M., Liss, H., Orlob, S., Gillner, M., & Freyberger, H. J., (2001). Post- traumatic stress disorder in forensic inpatients. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 12(1), Retrieved December 20, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=4422985&db=aph Note: The finding that exposure to traumatic events and associated full and partial PTSD are frequently found in forensic patients has important implications for the assessment, therapy and rehabilitative programmes. Netherlands Timmerman, I.G.H., Vastenburg, N.C., & Emmelkamp, P. M. G. (2001). The Forensic Inpatient Observation Scale (FIOS): Development, reliability and validity. Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health, 11(3), 144-162. Retrieved December 19, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6561048&db=aph The development of the Forensic Inpatient Observation Scale (FIOS), an observation instrument to assess the non-offending functioning of forensic patients, is described.

 

United Kingdom	Recommended Reading(s)

Burnard, P., Morrison, P., & Phillips, C. (1999). Job satisfaction amongst nurses in an interm secure forensic unit in Wales. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing 8(1), 9-18. Retrieved December 12, 2002, from Academic Search Premier: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5278547&db=aph Note: Measures of job satisfaction may be useful benchmarks for evaluating future changes and developments in the service and for monitoring and improving the clinical work environment. Coffey, M., & Coleman, M. (2001). The relationship between support and stress in forensic community mental health nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 34(3), 397-407. Retrieved December 20, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=4514201&db=aph This paper reports the results of a survey of forensic community mental health nurses (FCMHNs) in England and Wales which aimed to ascertain the level of stress and burnout experienced by this group. UK Kettles, A. M., Robinson, D. & Moody, E. (2001). Research in brief. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 8(3), 281-283. Retrieved December 20, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=4548041&db=aph Investigates the nature and extent of clinical risk assessments (CRA) in forensic psychiatric units in Great Britain. Types of forensic professionals; Clinical risk policy; Multidisciplinary nature of CRA. Mercer, D., Mason, T., & Richman, J. (1999). Good & evil in the crusade of care: Social constructions of mental disorders. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services, 3 (9) 13- 17. Retrieved July 22, 2002 from Proquest database. Note the Ideological Context of Research Legislation Moore, E., Yates, M., Mallindine, C., Ryan, S., Jackson, S., Chinnon, N., Kuipers, E., & Hammond, S. (2002). Expressed Emotion in relationships between staff and patients in forensic services: Changes in relationship status at 12 month follow-up. Legal & Criminological Psychology, 7(2), 203-233. Retrieved December 12, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=7474672&db=aph The aim of this study was to measure EE in staff-patient relationships in three forensic services for in-patients with a history of mental disorder and offending, using a prospective, naturalistic design, with a 2-month follow-up of staff and patient outcomes. Morrison, P. & Burnard, P. (1997). Nurses' and patients' perceptions of the social climate in a forensic unit in Wales. International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology, 4(1), 65-78. Retrieved December 20, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=9706095555&db=aph Explores the social climate of a newly established forensic unit in Wales using the short form of the Correctional Institute Environmental Scale (CIES). Views of patients and nursing staff on hospital social climate; Factors that influence the social climate of a hospital ward; Nine subscales of CIES important in correctional treatment environment. Murray, K. (2002). Clinical and forensic outcome 2 years and 5 years after admission to a medium secure unit. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 13(1), 68-87. Retrieved December 20, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6726247&db=aph This study describes 225 consecutive first admissions to a medium secure unit between 1983 and 1996, and their clinical and forensic outcome 2 years and 5 years after admission. Richman, J., & Mercer, D. (2002). The vignette revisited: Evil and the forensic nurse. Nurse Researcher, 9(4), 70-82. Retrieved December 12, 2002, from Academic Search Premier: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6939578&db=aph The vignette is a valuable and flexible research tool in behavioural sciences and health care. Joel Richman and Dave Mercer outline the variable application of this method and propose a classification in terms of the form and use of the vignette. The discussion is illustrated with an example of the way that vignettes provided access to the discursive structures of forensic mental health nurses in one maximum secure psychiatric hospital. It is suggested that this methodology, within the broader aims of the study, revealed an ordered and taxonomic discourse of evil, with significant implications for professional practice. Mason, T. (1997). Censorship of research in the health service setting. Nurse Researcher, 4 (4), 83- 92. Note that Tom Mason argues that resisting censorship of research vital to the future development of health service provision.

 

United States	Recommended Reading(s)

US Fenster, A., Markus, K. A., Wiedemann, C. F., Brackett, M. A., Fernandez, J. (2001). Selecting tomorrow's forensic psychologists: A fresh look at some familiar predictors. Educational & Psychological Measurement, 61(2), 336-348. Retrieved December 27, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database. http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5044266&db=aph The present study examined the use of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE-Verbal and GRE-Quantitative) and undergraduate grade point average (UGPA) to predict long-term performance in an MA program in forensic psychology. Watson, J. P. (2002). The differences in perceived burdens between forensic and non-forensic caregivers of individuals suffering from schizophrenia. Journal of Mental Health, 11(4), 375-388. Retrieved December 12, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=7210290&db=aph This paper examines the burdens experienced by caregivers of people with schizophrenia. Results indicated that the two groups described a similar number of burdens. However, the forensic caregivers were more likely to describe burdens relating to violent incidents and annoyance, particularly towards services. In addition, they were more likely to document more severe burdens. The main burdens described are discussed and recommendations are made for the ways in which health professionals could assist caregivers in dealing with the burdens they face. Young, S.N. (1998). Risk in research- from the Nuremberg Code to the Tri-Council Code: Implications for clinical trials of psychotropic drugs. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 23 (3), 149-155. Note this commentary discuses what has been written about risk in research in some of the documents that have governed research in Canada.

 

Additional references for this unit can be found in 'forensic references' of the forensic sourcebooks.

• Sleuth 'forensic reference' database for:
  • forensic - correctional - research
    
  • forensic - psychiatric - research
    

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic References.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/sourcebooks/experts/Experts_database.html/refs

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The required websites to sleuth for this unit are the following:

Australia	Resources (Web)

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Canada	Resources (Web)

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International	Resources (Web)

Almvik, R., & Woods, P. (1998). Predicting inpatient violence using the Broset Violence Checklist (BVC). International Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Research, 4(3), 498-505. http://www.fnrh.freeserve.co.uk/ Note this collaborative venture by forensic psychiatric nurse researchers in Norway and United Kingdom. Britain and Norway Almvik, R., & Woods, P. (1998). Predicting inpatient violence using the Broset Violence Checklist (BVC). International Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Research, 4 (3), 498-505. http://www.fnrh.freeserve.co.uk/ Note this collaborative venture by forensic psychiatric nurse researchers in Norway and United Kingdom. Britain and the Netherlands de Haan, F., & van Drenth. A. (2001). Elizabeth Fry. The Rise of Caring Power. Retrieved July 1, 2002 from the Elizabeth Fry Website. http://www.elizabethfry.net/ Note this original study discusses the role of women in developing and dispersing caring power, and, vice versa, the role of caring power in constituting 'women' as modern social subjects - processes which began around 1800

 

Norway	Resources (Web)

Almvik, R. & Nottestad, J. A. (2000). Violence In Psychiatry Research in Norway. Retrieved June 15, 2002 from Forensic Nursing Resource Homepage: http://www.fnrh.freeserve.co.uk/

• Note the tools used for the assessment of violence.

United Kingdom	Resources (Web)

Woods, P. & Mason, T. (1997). Twenty Years of Admissions to a Special Hospital. Psychiatric Care, 4 (1), 22-25. Retrieved Jun15, 2002 from The Forensic Nurse Resource Page: http://www.fnrh.freeserve.co.uk/

• Note this full research study on-line.

United States	Resources (Web)

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For additional websites on this unit, sleuth 'forensic websites' in the forensic sourcebooks.

• forensic - correctional - research
• forensic - psychiatric - research

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic Websites.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/sourcebooks/experts/Experts_database.html/websites

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