The Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway for Men in England and Wales
A Qualitative Study of Pathway User Views About Services, Perceived Impact on Psychological Wellbeing, and Implications for Desistance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21424971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Manuela Jarrett (0009-0004-8058-2916, University of Birmingham, corresponding author), JULIE TREBILCOCK (0000-0003-4160-0531, Brunel University of London), Tim Weaver (0000-0002-3437-3556, Middlesex University), Andrew Forrester (0000-0003-2510-1249, Cardiff University), Colin D Cambell (0000-0003-0666-8813, South London and Maudsley National Health Service Foundation Trust), Mizanur Khondoker (0000-0002-1801-1635, University of East Anglia), George Vamvakas (0000-0002-2817-3320), Barbara Barrett (0000-0002-0270-6256, King's College London), Paul Moran (0000-0002-9257-8699, University of Bristol), Paul A Moran (University of Bristol) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 98-118 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminal Justice and Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-8548 • E-ISSN: 1552-3594 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00938548241286829 |
| OpenAlex | W4403568067 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 46 |
The offender personality disorder (OPD) Pathway is a network of services across prison, health and community settings in England and Wales providing psychological support for high-risk people who have offended and are thought to have a personality disorder. As part of a national evaluation of the Pathway, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 36 Pathway users to determine their views about their experiences in these services; and whether and how these impacted on their psychological wellbeing. Framework analysis was used to analyze the data. Participants reported positive therapeutic relationships with staff; improved psychological wellbeing; and for some, a shift away from antisocial toward more pro-social identities. They also described a negative impact of staff turnover and uncertainty about the role of prison officers and psychologists within prison services. Pathway services are able to engage individuals who have not previously engaged with services. Constancy of staff is fundamental to the Pathway
Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Personality · Poison control · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
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Four forms of ‘offender’ rehabilitation
Using Framework Analysis in Applied Qualitative Research
Characterising and justifying sample size sufficiency in interview-based studies
Qualitative data analysis for applied policy research
Forensic Case Formulation
Making desistance real
Conceptualising ‘success’ among Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentenced offenders with personality-related difficulties
Seeing and believing
“The People Who Leave Here Are Not the People Who Arrived.”
Crime, Justice, and Society
The Rise and Restraint of the Preventive State
The pains of desistance
Framework analysis
How personality became treatable
Reducing staff burnout and turnover intentions in juvenile justice residential commitment programs
The Transformative Power of Trust
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |