**6. Challenges in forensic occupational therapy**

The main challenge is the context because of the complexity of the rules affecting the freedom of the offender and the occupational opportunities [7]. The heterogeneous client population is another challenging condition with in the context. Restricted daily living activities cause the loss of control and autonomy. Time use is another challenging factor, the lack of structured time use besides the loss of control and autonomy affects the client's volitions, habits, and routines. Also, lack of opportunities for meaningful, individualized career choices for patients affects the client.

Also, change, itself is a challenging condition. There are many factors that affect the daily living activities that are the volitions, habits of the individual and the environment. Therefore, it is not possible to catch the change in every environment. Even in a prison or in a secure hospital or a probation service, the offender has always an obligation and mostly a restricted occupational choice. Motivation or perceived lack of choice is an important challenge. Another challenge is the obligations dictate some occupations and this is not the individual's choice. Occupational therapy is client-centered, but freedom deprivation is a challenge to make interventions. Occupational therapy is client-centered but freedom deprivation is a challenge to make interventions. Labeling and stigma are other challenging parts of the offenders' participation in the occupations and the community.

Keeping the three justices—criminal justice, occupational justice and social justice—in a balance is the main aim of the offender's rehabilitation and the most challenging part of the rehabilitation.
