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Heppell, Stacey; Jones, Christopher; Rose, John – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Background: Data from sex offender treatment programmes (SOTP) on the re-offending of convicted sex offenders from the prison service in England and Wales was recently reviewed and found to be associated with no change in sexual reoffending. While this result is at variance with a number of other reviews it does give rise to concern as most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Criminals, Intervention, Sexual Abuse
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McGillivray, Jane A.; Gaskin, Cadeyrn J.; Newton, Danielle C.; Richardson, Ben A. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Background: Many offenders with intellectual disabilities have substance use issues. Offending behaviour may be associated with substance use. Materials and Methods: Prisoners with and without intellectual disabilities were compared in terms of their substance use prior to imprisonment, the influence of substance use on offending, and their…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Intellectual Disability, Substance Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation