People hurt people: reconceptualising criminogenic need to promote trauma sensitive and compassion focussed practice
The Journal of Forensic Practice
ISSN: 2050-8794
Article publication date: 11 August 2021
Issue publication date: 22 September 2021
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to outline the human capacity for harmfulness and details the role of trauma and adversity in the consolidation of harmful capacities.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper is a theoretical overview and offers a rationale for developing more trauma sensitive practices.
Findings
The paper proposes compassion focussed therapy (CFT) as an overarching approach to organising interventions.
Practical implications
The paper invites practitioners to develop a holistic approach to forensic interventions incorporating a collaborative formulation and personal objectives for service users.
Originality/value
CFT and trauma informed approaches to working with risk are relatively new in the forensic field. This paper provides a rationale for the further development of such approaches within forensic settings.
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Citation
Taylor, J. and Hocken, K. (2021), "People hurt people: reconceptualising criminogenic need to promote trauma sensitive and compassion focussed practice", The Journal of Forensic Practice, Vol. 23 No. 3, pp. 201-212. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFP-04-2021-0015
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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