About us - Institute of Mental Health

The Centre was the first centre of excellence launched by the Institute of Mental Health in 2011. Its work is focused on research and development in partnership with justice agencies. The Centre is the lead and founder member of the Better Policing Collaborative (BPC), a partnership of universities and constabularies focused on evidence-based policing.

The Centre brings together practice, research and policy in justice-related healthcare and, through the BPC, the full range of policing challenge areas. The Centre’s emphasis is on practically designed research and evaluation that matches the practicalities and realities of policing today. Lead for the Centre for Health and Justice is Professor Eddie Kane.

The Centre seeks to discover the best ways to deliver healthcare in the justice environment and secure health settings. It brings together research, policy, and practice in the fields of mental and general health care and criminal justice, through an innovative multi-disciplinary approach.

Director for the Centre of Health and Justice Professor Eddie Kane was part of the CARA programme alongside experts at the University of Birmingham, Brunel University of London and CHANNON CONSULTING Ltd.

A new paper has been published in the Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, by Director of the Centre for Health and Justice Professor Eddie Kane and Institute fellow Dr Isabel Gois.

Professor Eddie Kane, director of our Centre for Health and Justice, is ‘academic rapporteur’ at a global International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) workshop.

Researchers, including the Centre for Health and Justice director Professor Eddie Kane, have published their findings on an intervention to reduce domestic violence and abuse (DVA).

As part of International Open Access Week 2022, Professor Eddie Kane has been recognised for his contribution to open science.

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Centre researchers, in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, have been awarded a £1million grant by the Home Office to conduct a trial of an app to support Domestic Abuse survivors.

London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) has published a report into neighbourhood violence written by Centre for Health and Justice colleagues, led by Professor Eddie Kane. The research, carried out largely during the Covid-19 pandemic, mapped nine areas of London susceptible to violent crime, making recommendations for future initiatives in these communities. Read the story in full on the Institute of Mental Health website.

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Centre for Health and Justice director, Professor Eddie Kane is among panellists for the online launch of new research investigating whether a more punitive response is effective in reducing abuse towards police and NHS workers.

Professor Eddie Kane, director of the Centre for Health and Justice, has co-authored a Home Office report into the impact of an awareness-raising project in domestic abuse.

An academic journal launched by Centre director Professor Eddie Kane has seen its Impact Factor rise in the latest release of figures.

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Our latest paper, published in Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, investigates the time and resources police in England and Wales spend on mental health related incidents.

Professor Eddie Kane, the lead of the Centre for Health and Justice has worked with Emily Evans, Jurgen Mitsch & Tahseen Jilani on a new longitudinal study into the impact of liaison and diversion (L&D) schemes in police custody.

New research from the Centre for Health and Justice, commissioned by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), was conducted through a targeted survey of people with mental health concerns in England and Wales and focus groups drawn from different geographical regions.

A new report estimates over 100,000 more children are affected by parental imprisonment than previously thought and calls for a better system to identify those affected.

The Institute is working with the Independent Office for Police Conduct (formerly the Independent Police Complaints Commission), to explore the confidence of people with mental health concerns in accessing and engaging with the police complaints system.

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CARA (Cautioning and Relationship Abuse), a domestic violence intervention programme was featured in The Guardian

New paper 'Metacognition, philosophy in prisons and the demands of rehabilitation'

Centre director is ‘academic rapporteur’ for Interpol project

New paper examines domestic violence intervention

Centre director congratulated for contribution to open science

£1m funding boost to research domestic abuse support

Centre research informs London's Violence Reduction Unit report

Centre director launches new report around abuse towards police and NHS workers

Centre contributes to UK Home Office report

Impact Factor rise for Personality and Mental Health Journal

Latest publication: police resources and mental health related incidents

The impact of liaison and diversion schemes in police custody

Institute experts publish new IOPC research revealing barriers to using police complaints system

Prof Eddie Kane launches new "Children of Prisoners" report

Research into making police complaints