Citation

Lindsay WR, Smith AH, Law J, Quinn K, Anderson A, Smith A, Allan R. J. Interpers. Violence 2004; 19(8): 875-890.

Affiliation

National Health Service Tayside, Scotland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260504266884

PMID

15231027

Abstract

This article reports an evaluation of a community intellectual disability offender service over the period from 1990 to 2001. Men who committed sex offenses or sexually abusive incidents (n = 106) and men who committed other types of offenses and serious incidents (n = 78) are compared on personal characteristics, referral sources, forensic details, and outcome up to 7 years after referral. The cohorts are older than one would expect from the criminology literature, and, at about 33%, the incidence of mental illness is consistent with some previous studies. A greater proportion of sex offenders had criminal justice involvement and a formal disposal from court. Fire raising was not overly represented as an offense. There was a higher rate of reoffending in the nonsexual cohort, which persisted up to 7 years. Investigating only reoffenders, there was a considerable amount of harm reduction recorded up to 7 years, statistically significant up to 5 years following initial referral.

Language: en