Outcomes of a drug and alcohol relapse prevention programme in a population of mentally disordered offenders

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Ritchie ◽  
Sarah Weldon ◽  
Laura Freeman ◽  
Gary MacPherson ◽  
Karen Davies
Keyword(s):  
Relapse Prevention ◽  
Prevention Programme ◽  
Mentally Disordered Offenders ◽  
Mentally Disordered ◽  
Alcohol Relapse ◽  
Drug And Alcohol

Mental Disorder amongst Defendants in Liverpool Magistrates' Court

1994 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare J Brabbins ◽  
Raymond F Travers
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Alcohol Problems ◽  
Mentally Disordered Offenders ◽  
Home Office ◽  
Mentally Disordered ◽  
General Psychiatry ◽  
Police Policy ◽  
Offending Behaviour ◽  
Drug And Alcohol

The Home Office advocates development of court liaison schemes to divert mentally disordered offenders into the care of health and social services. No-one has yet evaluated the amount of mental disorder that existing schemes fail to identify. We interviewed 136 defendants who had been detained by the police prior to their first appearance in Liverpool Magistrates' Court for their current alleged offence. We found very little mental illness but high levels of drug and alcohol misuse. Merseyside police policy advocates diversion at the earliest possible point and local general psychiatry services are willing to assess and treat offenders. The defendants with drug and alcohol problems are, however, neglected by the current initiatives in providing for this group. Addressing this need in a population which might not otherwise come to the attention of services could have an impact on personal and public health as well as on offending behaviour.

Homicide, Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse or Dependency

1993 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 541-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Nathalie Beaudoin ◽  
Sheilagh Hodgins ◽  
François Lavoie
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Previous History ◽  
Mentally Disordered Offenders ◽  
Mentally Disordered ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Major Mental Disorder ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Drug And Alcohol

Few studies have extensively studied the aggressive behaviours of mentally disordered offenders. This investigation compared 14 schizophrenics found not guilty of homicide by reason of insanity (NGRI) with 12 schizophrenics convicted of homicide. A comparison group of 15 homicide offenders with no major mental disorder was used. Drug and alcohol consumption, previous history of aggression against others as well as mental health were assessed using standardized, reliable, valid instruments. Significantly more of the inmates with no major mental disorder were diagnosed as having a history of drug or alcohol abuse or dependency (60%) than the NGRI schizophrenics (35.7%). In addition, both groups of convicted homicide offenders were more likely to have committed homicide under the influence of drugs or alcohol than the NGRI group. No significant difference distinguished the groups for the mean number of aggressive incidents. The subjects found NGRI assaulted more often during an acute phase of mental illness than the convicted schizophrenics. Although both groups appeared to have a similar number of hospitalizations, most of the hospitalizations of the convicted schizophrenics occurred after the crime.

Mentally disordered offenders: A national survey of patients and facilities.

1982 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry J. Steadman ◽  
John Monahan ◽  
Eliot Hartstone ◽  
Sharon Kantorowski Davis ◽  
Pamela Clark Robbins
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Mentally Disordered Offenders ◽  
Mentally Disordered

The Antisocial Personality Questionnaire: An Inventory for Assessing Personality Deviation in Offender Populations1 * An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Fifth European Conference on Law and Psychology, Budapest, Hungary, August 1995.

1999 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Blackburn ◽  
Diane Fawcett
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Criminal Career ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Antisocial Personality ◽  
Mentally Disordered Offenders ◽  
Mentally Disordered

Summary: The development is described of the Antisocial Personality Questionnaire (APQ), a short multitrait, self-report inventory that measures intrapersonal and interpersonal dispositions of relevance to antisocial populations. Scales were generated through factor analysis of an item pool adapted from the MMPI, Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory, and a self-report scale of Psychopathy, using samples of male mentally disordered offenders (N = 499) and male volunteer nonoffenders (N = 238). Eight factors extracted were identified as Self-Control, Self-Esteem, Avoidance, Paranoid Suspicion, Resentment, Aggression, Deviance, and Extraversion. Short scales constructed to measure these have satisfactory reliability (α), and correlations with measures of personality disorder, observer ratings of interpersonal style, and criminal career data support their construct validity. Scale intercorrelations yield two higher-order dimensions of hostile impulsivity and social withdrawal that reflect orientations towards others and the self, respectively. The APQ provides comprehensive coverage of the deviant traits implicated in personality disorder and antisocial behavior, and appears to tap three of the Big Five personality dimensions (Neuroticism, Extraversion and Agreeableness). The questionnaire has satisfactory psychometric properties and can aid research and intervention with offenders.

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