[oajfp] new article in OAJFP
- From: GREGORY DECLUE <gregdeclue@xxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 11:04:22 -0400
Fries, D., Rossegger, A., Endrass, J., & Singh, J. P. (2013). Utility of a
violence screening tool to predict recidivism in offenders with schizophrenia:
A total forensic cohort study. Open Access Journal of Forensic Psychology, 5,
40-52.
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the utility of the screening
tool developed by Wootton and colleagues (2008) to predict recidivism in a
total cohort of offenders diagnosed with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders in
the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland. The sample consisted of violent (including
sexual) offenders between the ages of 18 to 65 years with ICD-10 diagnoses of
schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, affective psychosis, and delusional
disorder, sentenced either to court-ordered therapy or at least 10 month’s
prison and discharged into the community (N = 34). The instrument was found to
be useful in prospectively identifying low-risk individuals and retrospectively
discriminating recidivists. Albeit the adaptation of the screening tool may
have some usefulness when identifying low-risk individuals, caution is
warranted when used in forensic samples.
Keywords: Risk Assessment, Violence, Crime, Forensic, Schizophrenia
http://forensicpsychologyunbound.ws/OAJFP/Volume_5__2013.html
http://forensicpsychologyunbound.ws/OAJFP/Volume_5__2013_files/Fries%202013.pdf
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