@article{ref1,
title="Social ties and short-term self-reported delinquent behaviour of personality disordered forensic outpatients",
journal="Legal and criminological psychology",
year="2010",
author="Bouman, Yvonne H. A. and De Ruiter, Corine and Schene, Aart H.",
volume="15",
number="2",
pages="357-372",
abstract="Purpose: In community-based forensic psychiatry, patients' social ties are considered as protective factor in a risk management strategy. However, it is unknown whether these ties actually assist patients to refrain from re-offending. We hypothesized a protective role for social ties in re-offending behavior.  Methods: In a sample of forensic outpatients with a personality disorder (N=55), the relationship between social ties (social contacts and participation in social institutions) and short-term self-reported re-offenses was studied within a prospective study design with a 6-month follow-up period.  Results: Our results provide evidence for a protective function of club participation. For violent re-offenses, social institutions were protective and this protective function remained, even when a patient had network members with a criminal background. Except for work-related contacts, social contacts did not provide protection.  Conclusions: The protective effect of social ties, especially club participation, on desistance from re-offending in forensic psychiatric patients merits further attention from researchers and clinicians.<p />",
language="",
issn="1355-3259",
doi="10.1348/135532509X444528",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/135532509X444528"
}