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Hospital‐treated suicide attempts among Finnish fire setters: a follow‐up study
Conclusions and implications for practiceMore attention should be paid to detecting and managing suicidal behaviours among fire setters as they are a high‐risk group and accurate identification of their needs in this respect may not only be life‐saving but also reduce recidivism. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - July 1, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Annika Thomson, Jari Tiihonen, Jouko Miettunen, Matti Virkkunen, Nina Lindberg Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Eight decades of mortality in an English high‐security hospital
This study aimed to compare mortality rates and causes of death between a high‐security psychiatric hospital cohort and the general population in England for the periods 1920–1961 and 1972–2000. MethodData were obtained from various clinical and non‐clinical archives and death certificates. Standardised mortality ratios were calculated for all causes of patient death for each International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition category. ResultsMortality rates of men ever resident in Rampton Hospital were similar to those of men in the general population, but women in Rampton Hospital had nearly twice the nationa...
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - July 1, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Michael Ferriter, Trevor Gedeon, Sandra Buchan, Sharyn Findlay, Dumisani Mbulawa, Melanie Powney, Irene Cormac Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Life satisfaction and status among adolescent law offenders
Conclusions and implicationsOur findings of a correlation between sentence type and life satisfaction needs new, longitudinal research to determine the direction of this relationship. Whether low life satisfaction is predictive of a custodial disposal for young offenders or such a sentence lowers life satisfaction, those trying to supervise or help these young people may need to take account of it. Further, our findings suggest that young male and young female offenders should perhaps be treated in different ways to improve their sense of satisfaction with life, which may, in turn, reduce their risk of reoffending. Copyrig...
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - July 1, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Abraham P. Buunk, José María Peiró, Esperanza Rocabert, Pieternel Dijkstra Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

A comparison of offending trajectories in violent youth according to violence type
ConclusionThe offending trajectories of young people with appetitively violent index offences were indistinguishable from other violent youths. There is thus insufficient information here to recommend distinctive intervention for this subgroup, but their high reoffending rate (7/9) suggests that they are worthy of more research attention. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - July 1, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Hannah Ching, Michael Daffern, Stuart Thomas Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Personal recovery within forensic settings – Systematic review and meta‐synthesis of qualitative methods studies
ConclusionsThe themes identified provide for theoretically informed and testable developments in care that could enhance the quality of recovery and rehabilitation for offender patients through explicitly enhancing personal sense of safety, understanding the patient's sense of personal identity and their social networks and transitioning between institutional and community support. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - June 21, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Andrew Shepherd, Michael Doyle, Caroline Sanders, Jenny Shaw Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Predictive validity of the HCR‐20 for violent and non‐violent sexual behaviour in a secure mental health service
ConclusionsPrediction of violent sexual behaviour may be regarded as well within the scope of the HCR‐20 as a structured professional judgement tool to aid violence risk prediction, but we found that it also predicts behaviours that may be of concern but fall below the violence threshold. High negative predictive values suggest that HCR‐20 scores may have some utility for screening out patients who do not require more specialist assessment for inappropriate sexual behaviour. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - June 21, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Laura E. O'Shea, Dev‐Kishan Thaker, Marco M. Picchioni, Fiona L. Mason, Caroline Knight, Geoffrey L. Dickens Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Predictive validity of the HCR ‐20 for violent and non‐violent sexual behaviour in a secure mental health service
ConclusionsPrediction of violent sexual behaviour may be regarded as well within the scope of the HCR‐20 as a structured professional judgement tool to aid violence risk prediction, but we found that it also predicts behaviours that may be of concern but fall below the violence threshold. High negative predictive values suggest that HCR‐20 scores may have some utility for screening out patients who do not require more specialist assessment for inappropriate sexual behaviour. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - June 20, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Laura E. O'Shea, Dev ‐Kishan Thaker, Marco M. Picchioni, Fiona L. Mason, Caroline Knight, Geoffrey L. Dickens Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

A hormonal approach to anti ‐social behaviour
ConclusionsWe replicated findings of diurnal testosterone deficiencies among men with psychopathy and ASPD, but we were unable to differentiate patients groups from each other or from the hospital employees on cortisol measures. This suggests a case for more research with more diverse comparison groups and more differentiation of personality traits before drawing definitive conclusions about distinctive hormonal patterns among men with psychopathy, as external environmental variables may prove more influential than previously suspected. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - June 20, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Max M. Loomans, Joke H. M. Tulen, Yolanda B. Rijke, Hjalmar J. C. Marle Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Evaluation of the Impact Personality Disorder Project – A psychologically‐informed consultation, training and mental health collaboration approach to probation offender management
ConclusionsOur findings provide preliminary evidence that psychologically informed practice by probation officers supervising offenders at highest risk of serious harm re‐offending can reduce the rate of recall to prison, a costly alternative to maintaining offenders in the community, without apparently reducing community safety. Further research should clarify the extent to which the intervention helped the officers merely to tolerate challenging behaviours from these offenders and the extent of real change in the behaviours. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - May 28, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Susannah Clark, Stuart John Chuan Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Predicting the transition from juvenile delinquency to adult criminality: Gender ‐specific influences in two high‐risk samples
Conclusions and implications for practiceWe found preliminary evidence of gender differences in childhood risk factors for adult offending, and, thus potentially, for the development and use of interventions tailored differently for girls and boys and young men and young women to reduce their risk of becoming adult recidivists. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - April 27, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Kimberly A. Rhoades, Leslie D. Leve, J. Mark Eddy, Patricia Chamberlain Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Research for forensic mental health – looking to the future
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Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - April 17, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Pamela J. Taylor, Julian Walker, Brad Hillier, Paula Murphy, John Gunn Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Predicting inpatient aggression by self ‐reported impulsivity in forensic psychiatric patients
Conclusions and implications for practiceThe results indicate that NU, which represents a patient's inability to cope with rejection, disappointments or other undesired feelings, is associated with a higher likelihood of becoming violent while an inpatient. This specific coping deficit should perhaps be targeted more intensively in therapy. Self‐reported NU may also serve as a useful adjunct to other risk assessment tools and as an indicator of change in violence risk. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - April 16, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Annelea M. C. Bousardt, Adriaan W. Hoogendoorn, Eric O. Noorthoorn, Jacobus W. Hummelen, Henk L. I. Nijman Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

A hormonal approach to anti‐social behaviour
ConclusionsWe replicated findings of diurnal testosterone deficiencies among men with psychopathy and ASPD, but we were unable to differentiate patients groups from each other or from the hospital employees on cortisol measures. This suggests a case for more research with more diverse comparison groups and more differentiation of personality traits before drawing definitive conclusions about distinctive hormonal patterns among men with psychopathy, as external environmental variables may prove more influential than previously suspected. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - April 1, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Max M. Loomans, Joke H. M. Tulen, Yolanda B. Rijke, Hjalmar J. C. Marle Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

When insanity has gone undiscovered by the courts: The practice of the Norwegian Criminal Cases Review Commission in cases of doubts about insanity
ConclusionsThe NCCRC may rely excessively on the forensic psychiatric reports. The experts' conclusions may be uncertain, given that they often have to look back several years to establish mental state and its relevance at the time of the crime. As nearly two‐thirds of the reopened insanity cases had been given penalties of under 6 months, it may be asked whether such further investigation of fairly low‐level crimes is the best use of resources. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - April 1, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Pål Grøndahl, Ulf Stridbeck Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Mental health problems in young male offenders with and without sex offences: a comparison based on the MAYSI‐2
ConclusionsJuvenile sexual offending seems less likely to be committed in the context of an anti‐social lifestyle than other offending. Important findings among young sex offenders are their higher levels of mental health problems among those detained and convicted than among those on probation or awaiting trial. Assessment of the mental health of young sex offenders seems to be even more important the further they are into the justice system. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - April 1, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Cyril Boonmann, Rebecca J. Nelson, Frank DiCataldo, Lucres M. C. Jansen, Theo A. H. Doreleijers, Robert R. J. M. Vermeiren, Olivier F. Colins, Thomas Grisso Tags: Original Article Source Type: research