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28 J. Forensic Psychiatry & Psych. 1 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/jnlofncpy28 and id is 1 raw text is: THE JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY, 2017 VOL. 28, NO. 1, 1-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2016.1237536 Routledge Taylor & Francis Group Transfers of mentally disordered adolescents from custodial settings to psychiatric hospital in England and Wales 2004-2014 Simon A. Hilla, Paul Mitchell' and Alexandra Leipolda aBluebird House, Southampton, UK; bUniversity of Manchester, Manchester, UK ARTICLE HISTORY Received 25 January 2016; Accepted 23 August 2016 KEYWORDS Adolescent; medium security; prison; young offenders; mentally disordered offenders Aims This study aimed to detail the number of adolescent prisoners in England and Wales who have required transfer to psychiatric hospital over the last 10 years in the context of large reductions in the number of adolescents in custody.The reasons for these trends are discussed. Background The number of adolescents detained in custody has been declining in recent years (Youth Justice Board & Ministry of Justice, 2015) with the average num- ber of under 18s in custody in 2000/01 of 2807 falling to an average of 1544 in 2012/2013. In January 2015 the number of under 18s fell to 981; the first time the population had fallen below a 1000 (Youth Justice Board & Ministry of CONTACT Simon A. Hill 0 simon.hill@southernhealth.nhs.uk This article was originally published with errors. This version has been amended. Please see Corrigendum (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2017.1279478). © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group