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Pouls, Claudia; Jeandarme, Inge – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: One of the most extensively tested risk assessment instruments in offenders with an intellectual disability (OIDs) is the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG). The purpose of this prospective study was to test the ability of this instrument to predict institutional aggression in OIDs. Method: VRAG scores were collected for 52 OIDs, and…
Descriptors: Prediction, Aggression, Intellectual Disability, Violence
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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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Lindsay, William R.; Murphy, Lesley; Smith, Gordon; Murphy, Daniel; Edwards, Zoe; Chittock, Chris; Grieve, Alan; Young, Steven J. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Purpose: Research on dynamic risk assessment has developed over the last 10 years and a number of variables have emerged as being possible predictors of future sexual and violent offences. These variables include hostile attitude/anger and compliance with routine. In 2002, Thornton ("Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research & Treatment" 14, 139)…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Sexual Abuse, Mental Retardation, At Risk Persons