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within prison environments and two within community justice environments. This paper reviewsthe rationale and development <strong>of</strong> these pilots, the interventions deployed and the workforce anddevelopment challenges and the training strategy used to address them including the use <strong>of</strong> theKnowledge and Understanding Framework for personality disorders commissioned by theDepartment <strong>of</strong> Health and Ministry <strong>of</strong> Justice in 2007.Developing Psychological Informed Criminal Justice Environments IIEddie Kane, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Nottingham (eddie.kane2@btinternet.com)Victoria Baldwin, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Nottingham (Victoria.baldwin@nottshc.nhs.uk)Over the past two decades in the United Kingdom there have been initiatives designed to divert<strong>of</strong>fenders with mental health problems away from the criminal justice system into moreappropriate services within health and other agencies. These have generally been ad hocinitiatives and subject to closure or significant reduction by local service commissioners at times<strong>of</strong> financial constraint. The services also tended to be local initiatives and no national pattern <strong>of</strong>coverage developed. The importance <strong>of</strong> diverting individuals with mental health problems out <strong>of</strong>the criminal justice system continued to be widely supported across political parties and thepublic sector agencies responsible for both health and justice but in reality little or no investmentwas made and organisational boundaries continued to present real barriers to effective change.In 2010 the then Labour Government published the Bradley Report which made wide rangingrecommendations for reforms at the health/justice interface. The new coalition governmentadopted the recommendations <strong>of</strong> the Bradley report in full in 2011 and also announced asubstantial new investment (£59 million) in further developing these services. In 2012, acollaborative <strong>of</strong> the National Association for the Care and Rehabilitation <strong>of</strong> Offenders(NACRO), the Centre for Health and Justice, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Nottingham, Revolving Doors andThe Centre for Mental Health were commissioned to assess and further develop a hundredexisting liaison and diversion pilots and develop a template to commission a further group <strong>of</strong>pilots to ensure that national coverage <strong>of</strong> these services. This paper will report progress on thisinitiative including a review <strong>of</strong> best practice evidence and training needs.Marijuana Embalming Fluid and Legal Implications for Insanity and Fitness toStand Trial AssessmentsCecilia H. Leonard, SUNY Upstate Medical <strong>University</strong>Tony Adiele, Advanced Forensic Psychiatry & Medical Law Service LLC, Cambridge, UK(tony@advancedforensicpsychiatry.co.uk)Embalming fluid (EF) applied to marijuana cigars or cigarettes, with or without the addition <strong>of</strong>phencyclidine (PCP) has many names such as “fry”, “water” or “wet”. Under the influence <strong>of</strong>189

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