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Risk assessments and recidivism among a population‐based group of Swedish offenders sentenced to life in prison
ConclusionsThis small, but population‐based, study demonstrates that antisocial behaviour shows incremental predictive validity for reoffending among life‐sentenced offenders, but other measures have little to add for this specific task. The fact that those life sentenced prisoners who reoffended did so so soon after release should prompt allocation of earlier interventions towards preventing this. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - January 30, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Joakim Sturup, Daniel Karlberg, Björn Fredriksson, Tobias Lihoff, Marianne Kristiansson Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Fennell, Phillip (2011) (second edition) Mental Health: Law & Practice Bristol: Jordan.
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Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - January 27, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Bruce Gillmer Tags: Book Review Source Type: research

The incarceration of seriously traumatised adolescents in the USA: Limited progress and significant harm
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Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - January 27, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Christopher A. Mallett Tags: Invited Editorial Source Type: research

Monoamine oxidase A alleles in violent offenders with antisocial personality disorder: High activity associated with proactive aggression
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Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - December 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nathan J. Kolla, Stephen Attard, Gavin Craig, Nigel Blackwood, Sheilagh Hodgins Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

MAOA, COMT and 5‐HTTLPR frequencies in convicted and never convicted Afro‐Caribbeans in the Netherlands
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Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - December 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David J. Vinkers, Stefan Bogaerts, Ron H. Van Schaik Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Sexual homicide in the USA committed by juveniles and adults, 1976–2007: Age of arrest and incidence trends over 32 years
ConclusionsUse of official national criminal statistics has limitations in studying the epidemiology of any particular behaviour. Nonetheless, our findings of falling sexual homicide rates and of changes in at least one important demographic of these killers indicate a need for a considered reappraisal of such crimes. Establishment of accurate epidemiology and a study of associated factors may assist in the improvement of investigative and preventive strategies. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - December 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wade C. Myers, Heng Choon ( Oliver) Chan, Timothy Y. Mariano Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Medical skin camouflage: a recovery intervention for female prisoners who self‐harm?
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Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - November 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tammi Walker, Jenny Shaw, Sandeep Ranote, Michael Doyle, Konstantina Poursanidou, Rachel Meacock, Kathryn Abel Tags: Invited Editorial Source Type: research

Individual differences in the concordance of self‐reports and official records
ConclusionsMany individual characteristics that predisposed individuals towards a criminal career also affected their willingness to consent to official records searches and the concordance between criminal records and self‐reports. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - October 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Walter Forrest, Benjamin Edwards, Suzanne Vassallo Tags: Invited Special Issue Article Source Type: research

Childhood predictors and age 48 outcomes of self‐reports and official records of offending
ConclusionsThe results validate the use of adolescent and adult self‐reports of offending, and the early identification of individuals at risk for adult criminal behaviour through childhood parent and peer reports and adolescent self and peer reports. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - October 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Eric F. Dubow, L. Rowell Huesmann, Paul Boxer, Cathy Smith Tags: Invited Special Issue Article Source Type: research

Links between trajectories of self‐reported violent and nonviolent offending and official offending during adolescence and adulthood
ConclusionsIndividuals on high trajectories of violent offending during adolescence are most at risk for being exposed to the justice system both concurrently and longitudinally. Differentiating violent and nonviolent offending can help resolve part of the discordance between self‐reported and official offending. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - October 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nathalie M. G. Fontaine, Eric Lacourse, Frank Vitaro, Richard E. Tremblay Tags: Invited Special Issue Article Source Type: research

Scaling up from convictions to self‐reported offending
ConclusionsMore research is needed on scaling‐up factors, on frequent and serious offenders who are not convicted, on self‐reported non‐offenders who are convicted and on why African American boys are more likely than Caucasian boys to be convicted. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - October 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Delphine Theobald, David P. Farrington, Rolf Loeber, Dustin A. Pardini, Alex R. Piquero Tags: Invited Special Issue Article Source Type: research

Assessing the nature and mix of offences among serious adolescent offenders
This study uses longitudinal data to examine the mixture of offences during mid‐adolescence and into early adulthood, a key transitionary period of the life course, using both self‐reports and official records. MethodData from 1354 serious adolescent offenders are used to study the mixture of offences over a 7‐year period. ResultsThe results point strongly to the conclusion that generality is typical and specialisation is exceptional. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - October 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert Brame, Edward P. Mulvey, Alex R. Piquero, Carol A. Schubert Tags: Invited Special Issue Article Source Type: research

Prevalence, frequency, onset, desistance and criminal career duration in self‐reports compared with official records
ConclusionsSelf‐reported ages of desistance may be affected by increasing concealment with age. The gap between the first self‐reported offence and the first conviction provides an opportunity for early intervention. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - October 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David P. Farrington, Maria M. Ttofi, Rebecca V. Crago, Jeremy W. Coid Tags: Invited Special Issue Article Source Type: research

Understanding the relationship between self‐reported offending and official criminal charges across early adulthood
ConclusionsSelf‐report and official records, both separately and together, provide valuable information for understanding criminal careers in adulthood, especially with regard to offending continuity across the life course and predicting the likelihood of a court charge. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - October 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Amanda B. Gilman, Karl G. Hill, B. K. Elizabeth Kim, Alyssa Nevell, J. David Hawkins, David P. Farrington Tags: Invited Special Issue Article Source Type: research

Criminal careers in self‐reports compared with official records
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Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - October 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David P. Farrington, Maria M. Ttofi Tags: Invited Editorial Source Type: research