TY - JOUR PY - 2010// TI - Social ties and short-term self-reported delinquent behaviour of personality disordered forensic outpatients JO - Legal and criminological psychology A1 - Bouman, Yvonne H. A. A1 - De Ruiter, Corine A1 - Schene, Aart H. SP - 357 EP - 372 VL - 15 IS - 2 N2 - 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.

LA - SN - 1355-3259 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/135532509X444528 ID - ref1 ER -