@article{ref1, title="Risk Assessment in Offenders With Mental Disorders: Relative Efficacy of Personal Demographic, Criminal History, and Clinical Variables", journal="Journal of interpersonal violence", year="2005", author="Phillips, Helen K. and Gray, Nicola S. and MacCulloch, Sophie I. and Taylor, Julie and Moore, Simon C. and Huckle, Phil and MacCulloch, Malcolm J.", volume="20", number="7", pages="833-847", 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)EnglandForeign CountriesMeta-AnalysisOffender RecidivismRecidivism PredictionMental IllnessMentally Ill OffenderMentally Ill AdultAdult CrimeAdult OffenderAdult VIolenceViolence PredictorsViolence CausesCrime PredictorsCrime CausesRisk Assessment12-05

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