Gwenllian Moody, Elinor Coulman, Emma Crocker-White, Kylie Gray, Richard P Hastings, Andrea Longman, Fiona Lugg-Widger, Rebecca Playle, Jeremy Segrott, Paul Thompson, Julia Badger, Peter E Langdon, Samantha Flynn
BACKGROUND: Within England, children and young people (CYP) who come into police custody are referred to Liaison and Diversion (L&D) teams. L&D teams have responsibility for liaising with healthcare and other support services while working to divert CYP away from the criminal justice system but have traditionally not provided targeted psychological interventions to CYP. Considering evidence that Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) leads to a reduction in internalising and externalising behaviour problems in CYP, the aim of this randomised controlled trial (RCT) was to determine whether there is a difference between services as usual (SAU) plus SFBT offered by trained therapists working within a L&D team, and SAU alone, in reducing offending behaviours in 10-17-year-olds presenting at police custody...
March 2, 2024: Trials