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A literature review of outcome and treatment options after acquired brain injury: Suggestions for adult offenders using knowledge from the general population Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Esther Q. J. de Geus, Maarten V. Milders, Joan E. van Horn, Frank A. Jonker, Thijs Fassaert, Juliette C. Hutten, Femke Kuipers, Christel Grimbergen, Siri D. S. Noordermeer
BackgroundAcquired brain injury (ABI) is a major health problem, often with negative effects on behaviour and mental health as well as cognition. Prevalence of ABI is exceptionally high among offenders and increases their re‐offending risk. Information on risk factors for ABI and its outcomes among offenders that could guide effective treatment for them is, nevertheless, scarce and dispersed. However
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Police shootings, violent crime, race and socio‐economic factors in municipalities in the United States of America Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Howard Henderson, Jennifer Wyatt Bourgeois, Sven Smith, Christopher J. Ferguson, Juan Barthelemy
BackgroundBoth police shootings and violent crime remain high in the United States of America compared to other developed nations but debates continue about whether race, mental health or other social factors are related to them.AimsOur aim was to test relationships between community factors indicative of socio‐economic status, racial demographics, police shootings, and violent crime.MethodsData on
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The experiences of men in prison who do not receive visits from family or friends: A qualitative systematic review Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Dean Burns, Conor Murray, Jennifer Ferguson, Linda Moore
BackgroundVisits present an opportunity for prisoners to preserve family ties and reduce isolation, but not all receive visits from family or friends whilst incarcerated.AimsTo locate, appraise and synthesise qualitative data on the experiences of adult male prisoners (aged 18 years+) who do not receive prison visits from family or friends.MethodsNine electronic databases were searched from the date
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Autism spectrum disorder, extremism and risk assessment Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Clare S. Allely, Emma Jouenne, Alexander Westphal, Ekkehart Staufenberg, David Murphy
To date, there is no evidence supporting the existence of an association between Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and extremism in the general population. However, there is increasing recognition that several features of ASD may provide the context of vulnerability to engage in extremist behaviour.
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Studying mental disorders among perpetrators of mass murder–suicide: Methodological challenges and promising avenues for new research Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Adam Lankford
Despite tremendous public and media interest in murder–suicide, scientific research that sheds new light on either the prevalence of mental disorders among perpetrators of mass murder–suicide or the role of mental disorders when they appear relevant has been rare. I outline several assumptions and challenges that may encumber scholarship in this area but also identify some promising avenues for future
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Models of care in secure services for people with intellectual and developmental disability: Implementing the Walkway to Wellness Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Iain McKinnon, Arman Iranpour, Anne Charlton, Ellen Green, Faye Groom, Oliver Watts, Dannielle McKenna, Simon Hackett
Changes to policy around inpatient services for people with intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) who offend, have led to a need for services to reconsider their models of care. This has led to calls for more tailored, patient-centred care models, with less reliance solely on offence-related treatment programmes which can be unsuitable for a growing proportion of patients with more complex
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Neuropsychological profiles of adolescents sentenced to detention in Western Australia with and without prenatal alcohol exposure Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Jed Kerry, Grace Kuen Yee Tan, Kirsten R. Panton, Raewyn Mutch, Jacinta Freeman, Hayley Passmore, Carmela F. Pestell
Youth with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) are under-recognised in the justice system, warranting improved identification. This study aimed to compare neuropsychological profiles of adolescents, with and without PAE and identify neuropsychological tasks predictive of PAE-group membership. It was hypothesised that participants with PAE would score significantly lower on neuropsychological tests.
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Intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario's criminal justice and forensic mental health systems: Using data to tell the story Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Yona Lunsky, Flora I. Matheson, Fiona Kouyoumdjian, Lisa Whittingham, Elizabeth Lin, Anna Durbin, Andrew Calzavara, Andrea Moser, Parisa Dastoori, Frank Sirotich, Tiziana Volpe
International studies show that adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice and forensic mental health systems; however, it is difficult to capture their involvement across systems in any one jurisdiction.
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A systematic review of literature on homicide followed by suicide and mental state of perpetrators Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Alexis Theodorou, Helen Sinclair, Saima Ali, Seema Sukhwal, Christopher Bassett, Heidi Hales
Homicide followed by suicide is rare, devastating and perpetrated worldwide. It is commonly assumed that the perpetrator had a mental disorder, raising concomitant questions about prevention. Though events have been reported, there has been no previous systematic review of the mental health of perpetrators.
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Functional and dysfunctional impulsivity mediates the relationships between ‘Dark Triad’ traits and cyberbullying perpetration Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Miriam Sang-Ah Park, Joël Billieux, Sanjana Raj, Mei Chee Lee, Dianne Shaneeta Geoffrey, Filip Nuyens
Cyberbullying perpetration and victimisation have been associated with psychological distress, including depression and suicidal ideation. Prior studies have shown that the ‘Dark Triad’ personality traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) are associated with greater likelihood of perpetration, yet there is a research gap regarding potential mediators of this relationship.
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Well-being in institutionalised adolescents Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Manuella C. da Silva, Maria O. Teixeira, Márcia Laranjeira
For adolescents who have criminal convictions, achieving a positive progress including desistance from offending may depend on a sense of well-being. Factors associated with growth in well-being are not widely researched, but there is some work that suggests that qualities in other internal states as well as in the environment may foster well-being.
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A systematic scoping review exploring how people with lived experience have been involved in prison and forensic mental health research Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Rosie Rutherford, Nicola Bowes, Rosie Cornwell, Daniel Heggs, Susannah Pashley
Introduction of guidance by the National Institute for Health Research has led to an increase in participation by people with ‘lived experience’ of mental health problems. However, some researchers have questioned the extent to which involvement has been meaningful, expressing concerns that involvement is impeded by the structure and culture of academia. A prior review of literature to 2016 provided
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Self-stigma of incarceration and its impact on health and community integration Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Chelsea E. Brehmer, Sang Qin, Brigette C. Young, David R. Strauser
Individuals returning to the wider community from incarceration face many re-entry barriers, including stigmatising beliefs regarding past criminal record, that have impact on health and re-entry. Understanding the development and impact of self-stigma on health can inform re-entry and rehabilitation services.
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When the ward is the patient: Using the PRISM protocol to understand and reduce violence in an inpatient intellectual disability setting Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Jana de Villiers, Lorraine Johnstone
Violence in inpatient settings is recognised as a worldwide issue, with inpatient intellectual disability services having higher rates than other mental health settings. Violence results in injury and illness, lack of confidence in the organisation and staff burnout. These combined effects have a negative impact on the ability of services to provide therapeutic environments. Attempts to manage violence
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The contributing factors to suicide in Italian prisons: An 11-year analysis (2010–2020) Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Paolo Bailo, Filippo Gibelli, Asaea Celletti, Anna Caraffa, Ascanio Sirignano, Giovanna Ricci
Suicide is a leading cause of death globally, with approximately 800,000 deaths annually and accounting for 1.5% of all deaths. Risk factors are multifaceted, encompassing individual factors (such as genetics, family history and mental illnesses) and environmental factors (such as economic conditions, social support and life events). In prisons, suicide rates are markedly higher than in the general
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A realist evaluation of an enhanced court-based liaison and diversion service for defendants with neurodevelopmental disorders Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Eddie Chaplin, Jane McCarthy, Karina Marshall-Tate, Salma Ali, Denise Harvey, Jessica Childs, Kiriakos Xenitidis, Samir Srivastava, Iain McKinnon, Louise Robinson, Clare S. Allely, Sally Hardy, Andrew Forrester
In England, court-based mental health liaison and diversion (L&D) services work across courts and police stations to support those with severe mental illness and other vulnerabilities. However, the evidence around how such services support those with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDs) is limited.
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Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory-Short Version among young people in South Africa and the relationship of high scale scores to reported offending or similar deviant behaviour Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Leon Holtzhausen, Emma Campbell
While there is empirical evidence to support associations between psychopathy scale ratings and offending or deviant behaviours, suggested as support for a unified theory of crime, evidence to date has been mainly from countries with high economic ratings and Western philosophies. In countries with a wide range of cultural groups and languages and a complex history of colonisation and apartheid, such
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Psychopathology and history of mental healthcare among male detainees transferred to a facility for managing otherwise uncontrollable in-prison violence: An exploratory study Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Ellen van der Vorst, Niki C. Kuin, Vere van Koppen, Joke M. Harte
In-prison violence by detainees is a problem worldwide, but despite evidence of a much higher prevalence of a range of psychiatric disorders than in the general population, little is known about psychopathology among violent detainees.
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A critical review of undergraduate education and teaching in forensic psychiatry Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Leila Sharda, Karen Wright
Although forensic psychiatry is recognised as a full medical speciality in the UK, training in it is not routinely offered to medical students. With growth both in forensic psychiatry and availability of medical school places, it is a good time to explore the nature and quality of experience already available.
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Mental health outcomes for those who have offended and have been given a Mental Health Treatment Requirement as part of a Community Order in England and Wales Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-09-23 Matthew Callender, Greta Arancia Sanna, Kathryn Cahalin
Growing evidence of mental disorders among people going through the criminal justice system suggests the potential benefit of courts adding a Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) when sentencing an offender to a Community Order (sentence) in England and Wales. Although available since 2003, MHTRs have not been widely used, and there is little evidence on outcomes.
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Psychological screening service for men newly admitted to an Italian prison: Preliminary clinical outcome analysis after 1 year of clinical activity Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Lorenzo Pelizza, Enrico Rossi, Ursula Zambelli, Elisa Violante, Melania Scarci, Elena Mammone, Adriana Adriani, Simona Pupo, Giuseppina Paulillo, Pietro Pellegrini
Screening for mental disorders among prisoners is crucial for early detection and intervention of psychopathology and substance use disorders. In Italy, only a minority of prisons have implemented a structured screening process, and there is not yet a standard approach to this worldwide.
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Delays in transferring patients from prisons to secure psychiatric hospitals: An international systematic review Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Christian P. Sales, Andrew Forrester, John Tully
Transfer to a psychiatric hospital of prisoners who need inpatient treatment for a mental disorder is an important part of prison healthcare in the UK. It is an essential factor in ensuring the principle of equivalence in the treatment of prisoners. In England and Wales, delays in transferring unwell prisoners to hospital were identified by the 2009 Bradley Report. There has been no subsequent systematic
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Implications of sexual fantasy characteristics and memory intensity for harmful sexual behaviour Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Andrew Allen, Mary Katsikitis, Prudence Millear, Nadine McKillop
Sexual fantasies and memories are aetiological considerations in the perpetration of sexual violence, but fantasy–memory–behaviour relationships may be influenced by various factors, including sexual fantasy and memory phenomenology, that are the properties of mental imagery.
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Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): A validation study among prisoners Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Vânia Lima Pereira, Sandra Freitas, Mário R. Simões, Bianca Gerardo
There are numerous scales for screening cognitive performance and thus identification of any potential deficits, but in spite of the vulnerability of the prison population to such problems, there has been no adequate validation of screening tools specifically for use with prisoners or others in the criminal justice system.
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Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among sentenced prisoners in a medium security prison in Ghana: Implications for mental health assessment and service Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Gordon M. Donnir, Winifred Asare-Doku
Extant literature has shown that there is a higher prevalence of mental disorders among prisoners compared to the general population. These findings have, however, mostly been from high-income and westernised cultures. In Ghana, little is known about the extent of psychiatric disorders among prisoners, as is consistent with the dearth of scholarly work in low and middle-income countries.
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Conducting prison-based research during the COVID-19 pandemic and the value of involving people with lived experience Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Daniel Pratt, Rebecca Crook
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT Dr Daniel Pratt is the Chief Investigator of the Prevention of Suicide in Prisons: Enhancing Access to Therapy (PROSPECT) research study. Dr Rebecca Crook is employed as the Trial Manager of this study. The PROSPECT study is funded by a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Programme Grant for Applied Research (reference number: RP-PG-0218-20006). The views expressed
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Difference between forensic patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in Italy and other European countries: Results of the EU-VIORMED project Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Luca Castelletti, Laura Iozzino, Manuel Zamparini, Janusz Heitzman, Inga Markiewicz, Giuseppe Nicolò, Marco Picchioni, Giuseppe Restuccia, Gianfranco Rivellini, Fabio Teti, Johannes Wancata, Giovanni de Girolamo
There has been a substantial change in the law on the provision of secure health services for offender-patients in Italy, a country currently with the lowest general psychiatry bed availability per head of the population in Europe, raising questions about possible differences in offender-patient admissions between European countries.
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Understanding the link between alcohol dependence and victimisation risk: Is risk explained by peers or alcohol behaviours? Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Thomas Wojciechowski
Alcohol dependence is a risk factor for experiencing victimisation, but little is known about how peer and behavioural mechanisms may explain this relationship.
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Is a change in social competencies associated with a change in drug use and crime in substance-abusing offenders? Evidence from the breaking the cycle demonstration project Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Glenn D. Walters
The Breaking the Cycle (BTC) Demonstration Project is an intensive drug intervention programme designed to break the cycle of drug use and offending in which many substance-abusing offenders find themselves trapped, by providing them with alternatives to drug use and crime.
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Response from Authors Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Rebecca J. Mitchell, Nicholas Burns, Nicholas Glozier, Olav Nielssen
The authors thank Dr Wei for his interest and support provided to their research and its findings. We are cognisant that the experience of addressing mental illness, criminal justice contact, and homelessness is a worldwide issue. Naturally, as with many cross-sectional cohort studies examining associations between independent characteristics and outcomes, causation is not able to be inferred. The
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A response to 'Homelessness and predictors of criminal reoffending: A retrospective cohort study'. Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 LienChung Wei
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The proactive–reactive classification of intimate partner violence offenders: A multi-method approach to classification Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-06-18 Julia C. Babcock, Sheetal Kini, Neha Pathak
Men who commit violence against an intimate partner differ in their motives. Classifying the proactivity of men's partner violence may reveal important differences that could be treatment targets.
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Homelessness and predictors of criminal reoffending: A retrospective cohort study Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Rebecca J. Mitchell, Nicholas Burns, Nicholas Glozier, Olav Nielssen
There are not many longitudinal studies examining people experiencing homelessness and interacting with the criminal justice system over time.
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Digital technology: Transforming delivery of forensic mental healthcare Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Damian Mohan
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT Professor Mohan is the medical lead on the Clinical Medical System (CMS) project at the National Forensic Mental Health Service (NFMHS) in Ireland. InterSystems Healthcare Analytics Solution were appointed as vendor to the NFMHS in 2020.
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Towards more accurate classification of risk of arrest among offenders on community supervision: An application of machine learning versus logistic regression Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Brandy R. Maynard, Michael G. Vaughn, Sweta Prasad-Srivastava, Abdullaziz Alsolami, Matthew DeLisi, Dyan McGuire
Although there is general consensus about the behavioural, clinical and sociodemographic variables that are risk factors for reoffending, optimal statistical modelling of these variables is less clear. Machine learning techniques offer an approach that may provide greater accuracy than traditional methods.
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Features of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and antisocial behaviour in a general population-based sample of adults Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-04-14 Haym Dayan, Rachel Shoham, Itai Berger, Mona Khoury-Kassabri, Yehuda Pollak
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is known to be a risk factor for antisocial and delinquent behaviour, but there is still a lack of information on how features of ADHD relate to offending behaviour among adults not already defined by their offending.
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Feasibility testing of a peer support programme for prisoners with common mental disorders and substance use Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Sreekanth Thekkumkara, Aarti Jagannathan, Krishna Prasad Muliyala, Ambi Joseph, Pratima Murthy
The prevalence of mental disorders and substance use among prisoners is high. Convicted prisoners of ‘good behaviour’ can be part of a peer support system in prisons.
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Measuring the costs of crime using the willingness-to-pay method Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Bea L. Raffan Gowar, David P. Farrington, Maria M. Ttofi
Criminal justice policy decisions are increasingly being influenced by the ratio of the monetary benefits to the monetary costs. While policies based on evidence and analysed via cost-benefit studies are a welcome development, cost-benefit calculations are only as robust as the data upon which they are based. For England and Wales up to the present, cost-of-crime estimates used in cost-benefit analyses
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Economic evaluations of mental health interventions in criminal justice Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Martin Knapp, Gloria Wong
Mental health interventions targeting crime perpetrators are available. An overview of the current scenario of their economic benefits will help policy decisions.
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Cost-benefit analyses of developmental crime prevention programmes Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Christopher J. Koegl, David P. Farrington, Brandon C. Welsh
Children and youth who are at risk of becoming early-onset life-course-persistent offenders often slip through the cracks of other systems in society (e.g., health, education, child welfare, substance use and mental health). When they do, they impose an enormous economic burden on society. Developmental crime prevention (DCP) programmes seek to reduce these costs through evidence-based interventions
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Correctional treatment as an economically sound approach to reducing the high costs of recidivism: A review of the research Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Steven N. Zane, Jhon A. Pupo, Brandon C. Welsh
Prior research indicates that correctional treatment programmes can be highly effective in reducing reoffending. Less studied, however, is whether such programmes are economically efficient.
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An examination of associations between sexual assault and health problems, depression or suicidal ideation in a large nationally representative cohort of male and female 20–30-year-olds Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Marlen Turgumbayev, Batir Shopabayev, Rima Dzhansarayeva, Assel Izbassova, Kevin Beaver
A long line of research has examined whether being the victim of sexual assault is associated with negative and maladaptive outcomes, but has mainly focused on women and girls.
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Partners in crime: A 21-year cohort comparison of people who commit serious crimes together with those who act alone Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Aulikki Johanna Ahlgren-Rimpilainen, Mika Rautanen
Perpetrators who act together violently occur frequently in police and media discussions, but are rarely the focus of forensic psychiatric research.
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The importance of cost-benefit analysis of crime reduction programmes. Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-03-05 David P Farrington,Brandon C Welsh
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Benefit-cost analyses are good for society's health-but caveat emptor! Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Mark A Cohen
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The social and economic impact of the Montreal Longitudinal and Experimental Study Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-02-12 Adam Vanzella-Yang, Yann Algan, Elizabeth Beasley, Sylvana Côté, Frank Vitaro, Richard E. Tremblay, Jungwee Park
The effectiveness of early prevention programmes and their viability as a public policy option have increasingly caught the attention of scholars and policymakers. Given the implementation costs of such programmes, it is important to assess whether they achieved anticipated objectives and whether they made efficient use of taxpayer money.
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A comparison of the role of aggression in the association between hostile interpretation bias and antisocial personality features between young offenders and university students Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Lizu Lai, Manqi Cai, Cailing Zou, Ziyi Zhao, Lin Zhang, Zhihong Ren
Antisocial personality features in adolescents are frequently associated with delinquency and constitute the problem that most concerns the criminal justice system and the public. Hostile interpretation bias has been identified as a candidate for explaining emergent adolescent antisocial personality problems and aggression, but it is unclear whether offenders and non-offenders show differences in the
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The science of psychopathy and some strategies for moving forward. Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-02-04 Nicholas Kavish,Joshua D Miller,Brian B Boutwell
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Anxiety as a differentiating variable in emotional recognition in juvenile offenders with high callous-unemotional traits Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-02-01 Lucia Halty, Jose M. Caperos
The presence of so-called callous-unemotional (CU) traits—lack of remorse/empathy, callous use of others and shallow/deficient affect—defines an important subgroup of children and adolescents with more severe and stable antisocial behaviours over time and may be a precursor to so-called psychopathy in adults. There are two main hypotheses to account for such traits, one emphasising deficits in recognition
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Relationships between substance use disorders, ‘severe mental illness’ and re-arrest in a county detention facility: A 4-year follow-up cohort study Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Nicole L. Schramm-Sapyta, Matthew Ralph, Luong Huynh, Becky Tang, Maria Tackett, Michele Easter, Isabella Larsen
A growing body of literature demonstrates strong association between poor mental health and criminal recidivism, but research from county jails is limited.
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Substance use disorders among adults during imprisonment in a medium security prison: Prevalence and risk indicators Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Gordon M. Donnir, Winifred Asare-Doku, Kofi E. Boakye
Research shows that the prevalence of substance use disorders among the prison population is high globally. Although prisons are highly controlled environments, access to drugs and other substances in prison remains a major problem. Yet, previous research is focussed mainly on the Western context, with the studies generally reporting on lifetime prevalence without reference to whether the disorders
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Young offenders in forensic institutions in the Netherlands after committing serious crimes: Contribution of mandatory treatment and reduction of reincarceration Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-01-29 Joni Reef, Marije Jeltes, Yannick van den Brink, Eddy Brand
In the Netherlands, young offenders who have been convicted of a particularly serious offence may be subjected to a so-called ‘Placement in an Institution for Juveniles’ (PIJ) measure if they are considered to pose a high ongoing risk to public safety. They form a rarely studied distinct group. Treatment in specialist forensic custodial institutions for young people (FYCI) is an intervention of last
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Relationships between parental mental illness and/or offending and offspring contact with the police in childhood: Findings from a longitudinal record-linkage study Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-01-22 Ulrika Athanassiou, Melissa J. Green, Stacy Tzoumakis, Tyson Whitten, Kristin R. Laurens, Felicity Harris, Vaughan J. Carr, Kimberlie Dean
Parental offending and mental illness are associated with an increased risk of criminal behaviour in offspring during adolescence and adulthood, but the impact of such problems on younger children, including children's experiences of victimisation, is less well known.
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Correction Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2023-01-03
Correction for ‘Self-report versus clinician-ratings in the assessment of aggression in violent offenders’ by Berlin et al. (2021). In Berlin et al. (2021), there is an error in Table 2. The correlation between the variables ‘AQ-RSV Physical Aggression’ and ‘Violent offences’ is reported as negative −0.31. It should be 0.31. This error does not affect the conclusions of the study as they are reported
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A randomised controlled trial of a cognitive behaviourally informed intervention for changing violent sexual attitudes among adult sexual offenders in prison Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Moses Onyemaechi Ede, Chinedu Ifedi Okeke, Sebastian O. Onah
Predatory sexual acts by adults cause concern worldwide. Patterns of distorted thinking and weakened self-control are among the leading explanations. Amidst growing concerns about sexual offences in Nigeria, it might be that more psychologically informed interventions in prison could reduce the risks of further harm compared with the standard prison regime.
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Offence type and neurodiversity: A comparison of 12-17-year-old boys charged with a criminal offence by diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or both Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2022-12-02 Alexa X. Rutten, Maaike Kempes, Ilja L. Bongers, Robert R. J. M. Vermeiren, Chijs van Nieuwenhuizen
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been evidenced as common among adolescents with delinquent behaviour. Less is known, however, about the relationship between these disorders and type of alleged offence, when the adolescent is involved with the criminal justice system.
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Managing the many intrusions of death in forensic mental health services. Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Pamela J Taylor,Hans-Jörg Albrecht,Kris Goethals,Thomas Schütze,Jonathan Hurlow,Norbert Nedopil,Kolja Schiltz
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Gambling and crime: An exploration of gambling availability and culture in an English prison Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2022-11-17 Lauren Rebecca Smith, Steve Sharman, Amanda Roberts
There is evidence that prisoners have the highest rate of problem gambling in any population, but little is known about the nature of in-prison gambling, the motives for it or how it relates to prior gambling behaviour.
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A comparison of health behaviours in male adolescents with and without offending histories referred for adolescent health services in Turkey Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health (IF 1.444) Pub Date : 2022-11-12 Nusret Ayaz, Serdar Karatoprak
Offending and incarceration are important societal problems that might be reduced by improving early intervention. Most prior work identifying risk factors has focussed on early oppositional or aggressive behaviours and environmental problems. Among adults, it is well recognised that offenders have much poorer health than the wider population. This raises questions about whether behaviours that put