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Predicting Institutional Violence in Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities: The Predictive Efficacy of the VRAG and the HCR-20
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Fitzgerald, Suzanne; Gray, Nicola S.; Alexander, Regi T.; Bagshaw, Ruth; Chesterman, Paul; Huckle, Phillip; Jones, Susan K.; Taylor, John; Williams, Tegwyn; Snowden, Robert J. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: There is a developing evidence base to support the use of risk assessment instruments in offenders with intellectual disability (ID). The aim of this study was to try to develop this literature with the inclusion of a control group of mentally disordered offenders without an ID, using the HCR-20 and VRAG. Materials and Methods: The…
Descriptors: Violence, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Foreign Countries
Clinical and Actuarial Prediction of Physical Violence in a Forensic Intellectual Disability Hospital: A Longitudinal Study
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McMillan, Dean; Hastings, Richard P.; Coldwell, Jon – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Background: There is a high rate of physical violence in populations with intellectual disabilities, and this has been linked to problems for the victim, the assailant, members of staff and services. Despite the clinical significance of this behaviour, few studies have assessed methods of predicting its occurrence. The present study examined…
Descriptors: Violence, Mental Retardation, Hospitals, Prediction