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‘Enhanced Support for High Intensity Users of the Criminal Justice System’: An Evaluation of Mental Health Nurse Input into Integrated Offender Management Services in the North East of England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2015

Wendy Dyer  and
Paul Biddle
Wendy Dyer
Affiliation:
Department of Social Sciences and Languages, Northumbria University E-mail: wendy.dyer@northumbria.ac.uk
Paul Biddle
Affiliation:
Department of Social Sciences and Languages, Northumbria University E-mail: p.biddle@northumbria.ac.uk
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Abstract

The current UK Government's focus on the development of services to manage and support offenders with mental health problems has resulted in a number of innovative project developments. This research examines a service development in the North East of England which co-located mental health nurses with two Integrated Offender Management teams. While not solving all problems, the benefits of co-location were clear, although such innovations are now at risk from government changes which will make Integrated Offender Management the responsibility of new providers without compelling them to co-operate with health services.

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Offender mental healthIntegrated Offender Managementco-locationCriminal Justice Liaison and Diversion

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Social Policy and Society , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 43 - 55
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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