Mentally Disturbed Offenders
Justice
Written answers and statements, 4 November 2009
Steve Webb (Northavon, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department and its predecessor has spent on each research project relating to personality disorder amongst offenders in each year since 1999; and what publications resulted from research (a) commissioned and (b) funded by his Department.
Claire Ward (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Justice; Watford, Labour)
The projects and costs of personality disorder research attributable to the Ministry of Justice and previously the Home Office are set out in the following tables.
A web reference is included where research reports have been published and are readily available.
Further information on DSPD research projects and publications is available at:
| Personality disorder related research projects 2000-09 | |||||||
| £ | |||||||
| Project title | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
| Literature Review of Treatments for Personality Disorder | 15,000 | 46,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Evaluation Of The DSPD Assessment Process Evaluation (IMPALOX) | 67,000 | 100,000 | 236,000 | 135,000 | 34,000 | 134,000 | 31,000 |
| Fitting The Right People For The Job | — | 55,000 | 27,000 | 27,000 | — | — | — |
| Landscaped - Random Controlled Trials For Personality Disordered Patients | — | 24,000 | 35,000 | 37,000 | — | — | — |
| DSPD Lifer Study: Release, Resettlement & Recall | — | 22,000 | 22,000 | 11,000 | — | — | — |
| Prisoner Cohort Study | — | 251,000 | 61,000 | 630,000 | 253,000 | 88,000 | 101,000 |
| Random Controlled Trials Feasibility Study For Dialectical Behavioural Therapy | — | 14,000 | 4,000 | — | — | — | — |
| DSPD Lifer Study: DLP Study | — | — | 90,000 | 22,000 | — | — | — |
| The Provision Of The Functional Link Between Risk & Personality Disorder | — | — | 18,000 | 36,000 | 18,000 | — | — |
| Assessment Of DSPD In Learning Difficulties Population | — | — | 22,000 | 90,000 | — | — | — |
| Links Between Juvenile Sexual Offending & DSPD - Young Abusers Project (YAP) | — | — | 13,000 | 42,000 | 38,000 | 35,000 | — |
| Developmental Pathways Of Psychopathic Tendencies In Children | — | — | — | 30,000 | 24,000 | 18,000 | — |
| A Longitudinal Study of Clinical, Genetic & Environmental Risk Factors for Juvenile Anti-Social Personality Disorder in a High Risk Group | — | — | — | 37,000 | 27,000 | 10,000 | — |
| Pilot Case Control Study of an Intensive Multi Modal Cognitive Behavioural Programme for Adolescent Offenders in Secure Care | — | — | — | 24,000 | 24,000 | 24,000 | — |
| Measuring Changes in Psychopathic Characteristics | — | — | — | 22,000 | 55,000 | 88,000 | 55,000 |
| A Pilot Study of A New Intervention for Hard to Treat Children with Conduct Disorder | — | — | — | 7,000 | 14,000 | 14,000 | 12,000 |
| Evaluation of A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the Personality Disorder Service at Ashworth Hospital | — | — | — | — | 90,000 | 57,000 | 54,000 |
| Inclusion for DSPD: Evaluating Assessment & Treatment (IDEA) | — | — | — | — | — | 163,000 | 343,000 |
| CRACMS Evaluation | — | — | — | — | — | 25,000 | — |
| Costs and Outcomes of DSPD Services (CODES) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35,000 |
| O & M Study - MEMOS | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30,000 |
| Neurobiological Aetiology of Violence | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12,000 |
| Feasibility of using neural networks in risk assessment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 82,000 | 512,000 | 528,000 | 1,150,000 | 577,000 | 656,000 | 673,000 |
| £ | ||||||
| Project title | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | Total | Publication | Link |
| Literature Review of Treatments for Personality Disorder | — | — | — | 61,000 | published | http://www.dspdprogramme.gov.uk/publications.html |
| Evaluation of the DSPD Assessment Process Evaluation (IMPALOX) | 4,000 | — | — | 741,000 | published | http://www.dspdprogramme.gov.uk/publications.html |
| Fitting The Right People For The Job | — | — | — | 109,000 | published | http://www.dspdprogramme.gov.uk/publications.html |
| Landscaped - Random Controlled Trials For Personality Disordered Patients | — | — | — | 96,000 | published | http://www.nfmhp.org.uk/ |
| DSPD Lifer Study: Release, Resettlement & Recall | — | — | — | 55,000 | results fed into publications in The British Journal of Psychiatry, May 2007, Vol.190 | |
| Prisoner Cohort Study | — | — | — | 1,384,000 | published | http://www.dspdprogramme.gov.uk/publications.html |
| Random Controlled Trials Feasibility Study For Dialectical Behavioural Therapy | — | — | — | 18,000 | published | http://www.dspdprogramme.gov.uk/publications.html |
| DSPD Lifer Study: DLP Study | — | — | — | 112,000 | published | http://www.dspdprogramme.gov.uk/publications.html |
| The Provision Of The Functional Link Between Risk & Personality Disorder | — | — | — | 72,000 | results fed into publications in The British Journal of Psychiatry, May 2007, Vol.190 | |
| Assessment Of DSPD In Learning Difficulties Population | — | — | — | 112,000 | published | numerous publications resulting from this work http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/psychology/staff/2067.asp |
| Links Between Juvenile Sexual Offending & DSPD - Young Abusers Project (YAP) | — | — | — | 128,000 | published | http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/ Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4140126 |
| Developmental Pathways Of Psychopathic Tendencies In Children | — | — | — | 72,000 | published | numerous published articles, including one by Essi Viding, Paul J. Frick and Robert Plomin in Supplement 49 (May 2007, Vol.190) of the British Journal of Psychiatry. |
| A Longitudinal Study of Clinical, Genetic & Environmental Risk Factors for Juvenile Anti-Social Personality Disorder in a High Risk Group | — | — | — | 74,000 | published | http://www.nfmhp.org.uk/ |
| Pilot Case Control Study of an Intensive Multi Modal Cognitive Behavioural Programme for Adolescent Offenders in Secure Care | — | — | — | 72,000 | published | http://www.nfmhp.org.uk/ |
| Measuring Changes in Psychopathic Characteristics | — | — | — | 220,000 | results fed into publications in The British Journal of Psychiatry, May 2007, Vol.190, Supplement 49 | |
| A Pilot Study of A New Intervention for Hard to Treat Children with Conduct Disorder | — | — | — | 47,000 | published | http://www.nfmhp.org.uk/ |
| Evaluation of A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the Personality Disorder Service at Ashworth Hospital | 54,000 | 64,000 | — | 319,000 | publication expected 2010 | |
| Inclusion for DSPD: Evaluating Assessment & Treatment (IDEA) | 343,000 | 252,000 | 237,000 | 1,338,000 | project ongoing | |
| CRACMS Evaluation | — | — | 38,000 | 63,000 | project ongoing | |
| Costs and Outcomes of DSPD Services (CODES) | 2,000 | — | — | 37,000 | project ongoing | |
| O & M Study - MEMOS | 120,000 | 140,000 | 40,000 | 330,000 | project ongoing | |
| Neurobiological Aetiology of Violence | 50,000 | 50,000 | 37,000 | 149,000 | publication expected 2010 | |
| Feasibility of using neural networks in risk assessment | — | 38,000 | 38,000 | 76,000 | publication expected 2010 | |
| Total | 573,000 | 544,000 | 390,000 | 5,685,000 | ||
| Notes: 1. The figures shown are based on administrative data. Although care has been taken in compiling the figures a degree of inaccuracy is inherent in all administrative recording systems. 2. There is no information available for 1999-2000. 3. It was not possible to check all publications in the time available. Some research projects have resulted in a considerable number of related publications in academic journals. 4. In some cases projects were co-funded with other departments. The data presented reflects only Ministry of Justice (or previously Home Office) costs. 5. All figures are rounded to the nearest thousand. | ||||||