Sexual and nonsexual offenders with intellectual and learning disabilities: a comparison of characteristics, referral patterns, and outcome

Journal of Interpersonal Violence
William R LindsayRonald Allan

Abstract

This article reports an evaluation of a community intellectual disability offender service over the period from 1990 to 2001. Men who committed sex offenses or sexually abusive incidents (n = 106) and men who committed other types of offenses and serious incidents (n = 78) are compared on personal characteristics, referral sources, forensic details, and outcome up to 7 years after referral. The cohorts are older than one would expect from the criminology literature, and, at about 33%, the incidence of mental illness is consistent with some previous studies. A greater proportion of sex offenders had criminal justice involvement and a formal disposal from court. Fire raising was not overly represented as an offense. There was a higher rate of reoffending in the nonsexual cohort, which persisted up to 7 years. Investigating only reoffenders, there was a considerable amount of harm reduction recorded up to 7 years, statistically significant up to 5 years following initial referral.

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Nov 28, 2013·Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability·William R LindsayLesley Steptoe
Apr 15, 2010·International Journal of Law and Psychiatry·Chun-Ying LeeWen-Wei Ho
Jul 27, 2006·Journal of Intellectual Disability Research : JIDR·E TsakanikosG Holt
Mar 31, 2006·Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health : CBMH·Todd HogueGregory O'Brien
Mar 5, 2015·Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine·Alexandre Martins ValençaAntonio Egidio Nardi
Jan 5, 2008·International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology·William R LindsayAnne H W Smith
Feb 19, 2016·Sexual Abuse : a Journal of Research and Treatment·Joan A Reid
Aug 18, 2004·Journal of Intellectual Disability Research : JIDR·W R LindsayJ Law
Apr 19, 2013·Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health : CBMH·William R LindsayEleanor Brewster
Apr 26, 2014·Journal of Intellectual Disability Research : JIDR·O J Hockley, P E Langdon
May 27, 2020·The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry : the Official Journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry·Florence ThibautUNKNOWN WFSBP Task Force on Paraphilias
Jul 28, 2006·Sexual Abuse : a Journal of Research and Treatment·Amanda M MichieAlan Grieve
Jun 13, 2006·Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability·Lesley SteptoeMick Power

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