Dr Sarah Leonard
Research Fellow
Research interests
Curent projects:
'Access assessements for admission to adult low and medium secure services.'
‘An investigation into aftercare planning for those remitted to prison from secure services’.
Doctoral research:
'A comparative prospective cohort study of people transfered from prison to hospital under the Mental Health Act: their pathways and outcomes.'
- A national prospective cohort study of people all prisoner-patients remitted to prison from 33 NHS medium secure services over a 6 month period. This project utilised mixed methodology and includes a one year follow-up of prison remittals in 58 prisons, alongside a qualitative individual interviews and a focus group study with forensic clinicians, exploring their experiences of treating transferred prisoners and remitting to prison.
Projects
Research and projects
Access Assessments for Admission to Adult Medium and Low Secure Services
Senior, J., Shaw, J. & Leonard, S.
1/03/22 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
An investigation into aftercare planning for those remitted to prison from secure services.
Leonard, S., Senior, J., Allen, N., McDonald, R. & Shaw, J.
1/08/20 → 31/01/22
Project: Research
Susceptibility to radicalisation in those with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Shaw, J., Leonard, S. & Walter, F.
1/07/19 → 31/08/19
Project: Research
The under-reporting of hate crime by university students: a mixed methods study to evaluate the perceived needs of students
Shaw, J., Leonard, S., Walter, F. & Flynn, S.
1/07/19 → 31/07/20
Project: Research
Health and Justice Research Network
Shaw, J., Senior, J., Lennox, C., Leonard, S., Wainwright, V., Flynn, S., Forsyth, K., Stevenson, C. & Heathcote, L.
Project: Research