Exploring the experiences of South Wales Probation staff that access the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21497757 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gayle Gilder (0009-0009-5705-2411, Probation Service South Wales, Cardiff, UK, corresponding author), Milla Räsänen (0000-0002-7460-3782, HM Prison & Probation Service, Cardiff, UK), Jason Davies (0000-0002-1694-5370, Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service, Cardiff, UK) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Probation Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0264-5505 • E-ISSN: 1741-3079 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/02645505251321426 |
| OpenAlex | W4410412130 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 23 |
A key aspect of the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway (OPDP) is to provide specialist psychologically informed support to the staff working with high-risk offenders who present with personality difficulties. This includes delivering training and facilitating case consultation and formulation meetings. This study aimed to examine the experiences of probation practitioners who have engaged with core OPDP services within a single delivery unit within Wales. Transcripts derived from audio recordings of one-to-one interviews with five probation practitioners were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Three central themes were identified: the OPDP as a process for understanding personality disorder; tensions with organisational context and establishing a collaborative working relationship with the OPDP team. These findings can be mapped onto the key pathway objectives relating to staff competence and confidence and add weight to previous benefits and impacts identified by a previous study conducted within a single area of England. They also speak to wider contextual issues and concerns within probation within which the community arm of the OPDP exists
Antisocial personality disorder · Criminology · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Personality · Poison control · Applied Psychology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |