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Predictive validity of the structured assessment of violence risk in youth: A 4‐year follow‐up
ConclusionsThe SAVRY is a valid and useful method for assessing both short‐term and long‐term risks of violent and non‐violent crime by young people in psychiatric as well as criminal justice settings, adding to a traditional risk‐centred assessment approach by also indicating where future preventive treatment efforts should be targeted. The next steps should be to evaluate its role in everyday clinical practice when using the knowledge generated to inform and monitor management and treatment strategies. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - July 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Monica Gammelgård, Anna‐Maija Koivisto, Markku Eronen, Riittakerttu Kaltiala‐Heino Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Offending outcomes of a mental health youth diversion pilot scheme in England
ConclusionsPrevention of re‐offending is only one of the potentially beneficial outcomes of diversion of young people who are vulnerable because of mental health problems, but it is an important one. The advantage of longer survival without prevention of re‐offending suggests that future research should explore critical timings for these young people. The equivocal nature of the findings suggests that a randomised controlled trial would be justified. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - June 9, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alina Haines, Steven Lane, James McGuire, Elizabeth Perkins, Richard Whittington Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Individuals in the criminal justice system show differences in cooperative behaviour: Implications from cooperative games
ConclusionsEven community‐based offenders thus seem to have deficits in the kinds of gameplay, which are informed by theories of social cooperation, but the direction of relationship with offending remains unclear. The apparent deficits may reflect adaptation to a hostile environment where trust and reciprocity are not rewarded. It is also important to recognise that these community‐based offenders did develop play indicative of trust and reciprocity, they just did so more slowly than the comparison group. This may have implications for allowing time for rapport to develop in supervisory relationships. Finally, offende...
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - June 9, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BRENDAN C. Clark, Christopher B. Thorne, Peter S. Hendricks, Carla Sharp, Shane K. Clark, Karen L. Cropsey Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Adolescent male hazardous drinking and participation in organised activities: Involvement in team sports is associated with less hazardous drinking in young offenders
ConclusionsAlthough young offenders were less likely to have participated in organised activities, for them, participation in a team sport was associated with less hazardous drinking. Vulnerable youths who might benefit most from sporting activities actually access them the least. Future research should identify the different barriers to participation that they face. Copyright © 2014 The Authors. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - May 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Britt Hallingberg, Simon Moore, Joanne Morgan, Katharine Bowen, Stephanie H. M. Goozen Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Offence Paralleling Behaviour: A Case Formulation Approach to Offender Assessment and Intervention Edited by Michael Daffern, Lawrence Jones and John Shine. Wiley‐Blackwell, Chichester, 2010, 336 pp. Paperback, ISBN 978‐0‐4707‐4447‐5, £33.99
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Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - April 10, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Claire Nagi Tags: Book Review Source Type: research

When two worlds collide: A twenty‐first century approach to mental health and policing
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Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - April 10, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jane Senior, Heather Noga, Jenny Shaw Tags: Invited Editorial Source Type: research

Who becomes more violent among Korean adolescents? Consequences of victimisation in school
Conclusions/ImplicationsOur overarching finding of a relationship between childhood experience of bullying and later delinquency is in line with Western findings. Where, however, the latter are equivocal on risk of later violence perpetration, we found that being emotionally bullied raises the risk of becoming violent. Our findings also underscore the importance of having studies from a range of cultures. Predictions from Western studies would be that parental control would be protective and school climate a potential risk factor for later violence, but, in Korea, where parenting styles tend to be highly authoritarian, we ...
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - April 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Seokjin Jeong, Jaya Davis, Youngsun Han Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Using social bonding theory to examine ‘recovery’ in a forensic mental health hospital: A qualitative study
ConclusionsThe first four themes map closely onto Hirschi's criminologically derived social bonding theory; however, indeterminacy of stay also arose as a common theme. In addition, the theory was too simple in its separation of elements; our data suggested the complex integration of themes. Our findings may be useful for informing evaluation of forensic mental health services. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - April 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Nijdam‐Jones, James D. Livingston, Simon Verdun‐Jones, Johann Brink Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Neurobiological changes after intervention in individuals with anti‐social behaviour: A literature review
ConclusionsFindings, although provisional, may provide new insights into the underlying mechanisms of interventions for anti‐social behaviour. Future studies that include pre‐treatment neurobiological assessment could help reveal physical vulnerabilities that interventions should target to improve treatment efficacy, and provide for objective, independent corroboration of change. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - April 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Liza J. M. Cornet, Catharina H. Kogel, Henk L. I. Nijman, Adrian Raine, Peter H. Laan Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Treatment progress in medium security hospital settings for women: Changes in symptoms, personality and service need from admission to discharge
Conclusions/implications for practiceSignificant positive change during treatment, in all clinical areas, is encouraging given poor outcomes for women reported in other research. Findings cannot, however, be unequivocally attributed to the treatments given. Further work is needed to improve early engagement and tailor treatment more specifically to the needs of a heterogeneous population. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - April 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Clive G. Long, O. Dolley, Clive R. Hollin Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Cannabis use among juvenile detainees: Typology, frequency and association
Conclusions/implications for practiceOur findings suggest that it is unlikely that cannabis use by young offenders can serve as an independent factor in understanding the frequency and severity of delinquency, although it might be associated with the severity of mental health disorder or dysfunction among them. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - April 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elena L. Grigorenko, Laurel Edwards, John Chapman Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Comparing attitudinal and situational measures of self‐control among felony offenders
ConclusionsFindings revealed mixed support for Hirschi's conceptualisation of self‐control and its relevance. Situational and attitudinal measures of self‐control share some common ground but relate differently to offending according to gender. Further research is needed to find out if these results are generalisable to other crime types and whether race/ethnicity could modify the findings. Even among convicted offenders whose crimes are serious and/or frequent enough to result in imprisonment, high self‐control may inhibit offending. This has implications for intervention programmes. This is the first study to compa...
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - April 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeff Bouffard, Jessica M. Craig, Alex R. Piquero Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Metacognitive group training for forensic and dangerous non‐forensic patients with schizophrenia: A randomised controlled feasibility trial
ConclusionsMetacognitive training showed sufficient promise in this group for a full trial to be worthwhile, and the feasibility of an RCT methodology, even in a secure hospital, was established. The fact that the improvements faded during follow‐up suggests that a useful modification to the treatment would be lengthening the protocol, repeating it, or both. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - March 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Riitta Kuokkanen, Raimo Lappalainen, Eila Repo‐Tiihonen, Jari Tiihonen Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Fear of the (almost) unknown
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Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - February 6, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Matthew Large, Andrei Golenkov, Olav Nielssen Tags: Invited Editorial Source Type: research

Epidemiological survey of suicide ideation and acts and other deliberate self‐harm among offenders in the community under supervision of the Probation Service in England and Wales
Conclusions and implicationsOur adjusted findings indicate that 25‐40% of offenders serving all or part of their sentence in the community have a lifetime history of self‐harm, which is similar to the rate among prisoners, and are at very much higher risk of further such acts or completed suicide than the general population. At a time of change in delivery of probation services the implications are that rates of suicide and other forms of deliberate self‐harm should be continually assessed in all probation areas, particularly with reference to service changes; the relationship between deliberate acts of self‐harm, ...
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - February 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Graham Pluck, Charlie Brooker Tags: Original Article Source Type: research