Benjamin Costello

University of Birmingham · School of Psychology

Abstract This paper reviews the crime linkage literature to identify how data were pre-processed for analysis, methods used to predict linkage status/series membership, and methods used to assess the accuracy of linkage predictions. Thirteen databases were searched, with 77 papers meeting the inclusion/exclusion criteria. Methods used to pre-proces...

Research on topics such as child sexual abuse can be emotionally demanding for researchers in ways that surpass many other lines of work. Burrell et al. draw on their own experience to offer recommendations that may help increase researchers’ resilience to these challenges.

Background Female genital mutilation is an important UK health-care challenge. There are no health benefits of female genital mutilation, and it is associated with lifelong physical, psychological and sexual impacts. The annual cost to the NHS to care for survivors is £100M. Deinfibulation may improve the health and well-being of some women, but th...

Objective: To explore the views of female genital mutilation (FGM) survivors, men, and healthcare professionals (HCPs) on the timing of deinfibulation surgery and NHS service provision. Design: Qualitative study informed by the sound of silence framework. Setting: Survivors and men were recruited from three FGM prevalent areas of England. HCPs and...

Background Weaknesses in the provision of mental health crisis support are evident and improvements that include voluntary sector provision are promoted. There is a lack of evidence regarding the contribution of the voluntary sector and how this might be used to the best effect in mental health crisis care. Aim To investigate the contribution of v...

Introduction Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a significant global health concern and is likely to become an increasingly important healthcare challenge in destination countries such as the UK owing to rising levels of migration from FGM-affected countries. Currently, there is no consensus on the optimal timing of deinfibulation (opening) surgery...

Looking beyond treatment to promoting mental health and well-being, the Commission examined evidence from people with experience of mental distress, families, practitioners, communities, academics, and policy-makers to form ground-breaking recommendations that will support a truly different approach and provide a strategic framework for mental heal...

Looking beyond treatment to promoting mental health and well-being, the Commission examined evidence from people with experience of mental distress, families, practitioners, communities, academics, and policy-makers to form ground-breaking recommendations that will support a truly different approach and provide a strategic framework for mental heal...