@article{discovery1522229, year = {2017}, volume = {41}, month = {October}, number = {5}, journal = {BJPsych Bulletin}, title = {What is pre-criminal space?}, note = {Copyright {\copyright} 2016 The Authors. This is an open-access article published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.}, abstract = {Prevent is a UK-wide programme within the government's anti-terrorism strategy aimed at stopping individuals from supporting or taking part in terrorist activities. NHS England's Prevent Training and Competencies Framework requires health professionals to understand the concept of pre-criminal space. This article examines pre-criminal space, a new term which refers to a period of time during which a person is referred to a specific Prevent-related safeguarding panel, Channel. It is unclear what the concept of pre-criminal space adds to the Prevent programme. The term should be either clarified or removed from the Framework.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.116.054585}, author = {Jadhav, SS and Younis, T and Goldberg, D} }