Psychological perspectives for addressing mental health within the criminal justice system

Authors

  • Paola Castillo
  • Andrew McGrath

Abstract

This is our first special issue dedicated to “Psychological perspectives for addressing mental health within the criminal justice system”. We commence this special issue with a study examining the effectiveness of a new cognitive skills intervention program - “Thinking minds” in a forensic psychiatric population. The authors; Jane Ireland, Carol Ireland, Maria Atiénzar Prieto and Katie Lambert put forward a novel treatment evaluation approach which focuses on both individual and group treatment effects. The paper offers valuable insights on how changing our approach to treatment evaluation can provide a clearer and more integrated picture of the effectiveness of interventions in such populations.

Author Biographies

  • Paola Castillo

    Paola Castillo, PhD, is a Lecturer of Psychology at Charles Sturt University. Her PhD research focused on the detection of deception in cross-cultural contexts. Her current research interests include accent-related effects on judgements of credibility and deception in various contexts (e.g., online), intergroup attitudes, stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination with a focus on minority groups.

  • Andrew McGrath

    Andrew McGrath is an Associate Professor in Psychology at Charles Sturt University. He has a longstanding interest in juvenile delinquency dating to his Honours research on the correlates of offending frequency in a group of young people in NSW, and his PhD research, in which he interviewed 200 hundred young people immediately after their appearance before the NSW Children’s Court for sentencing. A journal article based on this research was later awarded the Allen Austin Bartholomew Award for best article published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology in 2009. Since then he has published a number of articles in both Australian and International journals on topics ranging from the impact of custodial penalties on re-offending, the sentencing of young Indigenous offenders, serious and violent offending careers, and juvenile risk assessment.

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Published

2023-02-04

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020)

Section

Editorial

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How to Cite

Psychological perspectives for addressing mental health within the criminal justice system. (2023). Salus Journal, 8(2), 2-4. https://journals.csu.domains/index.php/salusjournal/article/view/114