Citation

Phillips HK, Gray NS, MacCulloch SI, Taylor J, Moore SC, Huckle P, MacCulloch MJ. J. Interpers. Violence 2005; 20(7): 833-847.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

Following the meta-analysis by Bonta, Law, and Hanson, (1998) this study examined the ability of personal demographic, criminal history, and clinical variables to predict reoffending in offenders in the United Kingdom who had mental disorders. The efficacy of each variable in predicting rate of general reoffending and violent reoffending was investigated. Age on admission, number of days hospitalized, and number of previous offenses were the most effective variables in predicting re-offending, with number of previous offenses being the strongest predictor. Clinical diagnosis was not predictive of reoffending when the variance attributable to these other predictors was controlled for. None of the variables were able to discriminate between general offenders and violent offenders indicating that the same variables predict both types of reoffending. The results showed that reconviction in offenders with mental disorders can be predicted using the same criminogenic variables that are predictive in offenders without mental disorders. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005. Copyright © 2005 by SAGE Publications)

England
Foreign Countries
Meta-Analysis
Offender Recidivism
Recidivism Prediction
Mental Illness
Mentally Ill Offender
Mentally Ill Adult
Adult Crime
Adult Offender
Adult VIolence
Violence Predictors
Violence Causes
Crime Predictors
Crime Causes
Risk Assessment
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