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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
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Mak, Winnie W. S.; Cheung, Rebecca Y. M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: Affiliate stigma refers to the extent of self-stigmatization among associates of the targeted minorities. Given previous studies on caregiver stigma were mostly qualitative in nature, a conceptually based, unified, quantitative instrument to measure affiliate stigma is still lacking. Materials and Methods: Two hundred and ten…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Mental Disorders, Caregivers, Predictive Validity
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Riches, Vivienne C.; Parmenter, Trevor R.; Llewellyn, Gwynnyth; Hindmarsh, Gabrielle; Chan, Jeff – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: There is an urgent need for developing reliable, valid and practical instruments that assess and classify the support needed by persons with disability to function in their chosen living, working and social environments. I-CAN is an instrument that addresses the frequency and level of support needed (not individual skills or deficits)…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Empowerment, Social Influences, Evaluation Methods