ABSTRACT

As the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway continues to expand in Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, the diversity and characteristics of offender populations accessing the pathway becomes an important area of study. This was the first controlled study to investigate the risk, personality, readiness to change and reflective functioning abilities of offenders accessing a range of OPD prison services and make comparisons with offenders from the wider non-OPD-accessing prison population. A total of 105 males participated. OPD-accessing groups included; a Progression Psychologically Informed Planned Environment (PIPE), a Provision PIPE and an OPD Outreach Service (OPD-OS). The study found significant differences between risk, personality pathology, difficulties maintaining change and reflective functioning abilities of offenders accessing the OPD services when compared to the wider prison population. The OPD-OS service caseload emerged as a particularly high risk and needs group. Further implications for service development and future directions are considered.

摘要

随着女王je下的监狱和缓刑服务处的罪犯人格障碍（OPD）途径不断扩大，进入该途径的罪犯群体的多样性和特征成为重要的研究领域。这是第一项进行对照的研究，旨在调查进入一系列OPD监狱服务的罪犯的风险，性格，改变的准备程度和反映功能的能力，并与来自非OPD进入监狱的更广泛监狱中的罪犯进行比较。共有105名男性参加。包括OPD访问组；心理进步计划环境（PIPE），预备PIPE和OPD外联服务（OPD-OS）。研究发现风险，人格病理，与更多的监狱人口相比，在维持OPD服务的罪犯的变革和反思功能方面存在困难。OPD-OS服务案例的出现是一个特别高的风险和需求群体。考虑了对服务开发和未来方向的进一步影响。