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The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering forensic psychiatry and psychology. It was established in 1990 as the Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, obtaining its current name in 2003. [1] The editor-in-chief is Jenny Shaw (University of Manchester).
She was Professor of Special Hospital Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London between 1995 and 2004. [2] She was a joint-founder of the academic journal Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health , and has been its joint-editor since its foundation in 1991.
Forensic Mental Health Science is the study of antisocial, violent, and criminal behaviours among people with mental disorders. The department's research focuses on antisocial behaviour as it appears in people with either major mental disorders or personality disorders. The department is closely allied to the Forensic Psychiatry Teaching Unit.
Forensic psychiatry is a subspeciality of psychiatry and is related to criminology. [1] It encompasses the interface between law and psychiatry. According to the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, it is defined as "a subspecialty of psychiatry in which scientific and clinical expertise is applied in legal contexts involving civil, criminal, correctional, regulatory, or legislative ...
www.rcpsych.ac.uk The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the main professional organisation of psychiatrists in the United Kingdom , and is responsible for representing psychiatrists, for psychiatric research and for providing public information about mental health problems.
A forensic psychiatric assessment may have a number of purposes. A forensic assessment may be required of an individual who has been charged with a crime, to establish whether the person has the legal competence to stand trial. If a person with a mental illness is convicted of an offense, a forensic report may be required to inform the Court's ...
Jeremy Coid is Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at Queen Mary University of London and East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.He is Director of the Violence Prevention Research Unit (VPRU) in the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine and a participant in the WHO Violence Prevention Alliance.