Denise A Harvey- Masters
- PhD Student at London South Bank University
Denise A Harvey
- Masters
- PhD Student at London South Bank University
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Introduction
Research interests are around risk and decision making in leadership and management, criminal justice processes and the law.
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Publications (25)
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Studies in different countries of defendants with mild to borderline intellectual disability found they have distinct characteristics from other defendants. The aim of this study was to examine several characteristics among defendants with intellectual disability comparing to those defendants without intellectual disability presenting to...
Background
In England, court‐based mental health liaison and diversion (L&D) services work across courts and police stations to support those with severe mental illness and other vulnerabilities. However, the evidence around how such services support those with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDs) is limited.
Aims
This study aimed to evaluate, throu...
Background
Court Mental Health Liaison and Diversion Services (CMHLDS) have developed in some countries as a response to the over-representation of mental illness and other vulnerabilities amongst defendants presenting to criminal justice (or correctional) systems. This study examined the characteristics and rates of mental disorder of 9088 defenda...
Purpose: Court Mental Health Liaison and Diversion Services (CMHLDS) have developed in some countries as a response to the over-representation of mental illness and other vulnerabilities amongst defendants presenting to criminal justice (or correctional) systems. This study examined the characteristics and rates of mental disorder of 9088 defendant...
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Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) may present as neuropsychiatric problems as well as impairments of motor, cognitive, social and communication functioning. This study describes the introduction of a specialist service with expertise in NDD into an existing court mental health liaison and diversion service to determine if the service would imp...
This study is an evaluation of the Trauma Informed Group Work Programme developed by the Lewisham Youth Offending Service. It was commissioned by the London Borough of Lewisham with funding from the Youth Justice Board.
Society expects social workers and other professionals to use the best available knowledge in making decisions. Statistical (numerical) data are rapidly becoming an increasing part of the repertoire of knowledge available to professionals. However, social workers can at times seem reluctant to use statistics to inform their judgement processes when...
Context - Increased awareness of child abuse has recently led to increased referrals in the UK at a time of public sector resource constraints. Frequent staff turnover has meant that many frontline social workers are relatively inexperienced but must make complex decisions quickly. Finding effective ways in which social workers can learn to make sa...
