The clinical profile of high-risk mentally disordered offenders.
PURPOSE: High-risk mentally disordered offenders present a diverse array of clinical characteristics. To contain and effectively treat this heterogeneous population requires a full understanding of the group's clinical profile. This study aimed to identify and validate clusters of clinically c...
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| author | Yiend, J Freestone, M Vazquez-Montes, M Holland, J Burns, T |
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| description | PURPOSE: High-risk mentally disordered offenders present a diverse array of clinical characteristics. To contain and effectively treat this heterogeneous population requires a full understanding of the group's clinical profile. This study aimed to identify and validate clusters of clinically coherent profiles within one high-risk mentally disordered population in the UK. METHODS: Latent class analysis (a statistical technique to identify clustering of variance from a set of categorical variables) was applied to 174 cases using clinical diagnostic information to identify the most parsimonious model of best fit. Validity analyses were performed. RESULTS: Three identified classes were a 'delinquent' group (n = 119) characterised by poor educational history, strong criminal careers and high recidivism risk; a 'primary psychopathy' group (n = 38) characterised by good educational profiles and homicide offences and an 'expressive psychopathy' group (n = 17) presenting the lowest risk and characterised by more special educational needs and sexual offences. CONCLUSIONS: Individuals classed as high-risk mentally disordered offenders can be loosely segregated into three discrete subtypes: 'delinquent', 'psychopathic' or 'expressive psychopathic', respectively. These groups represent different levels of risk to society and reflect differing treatment needs. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:201bb539-ba1a-4a36-99b8-b599e9697a612022-03-26T11:25:40ZThe clinical profile of high-risk mentally disordered offenders.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:201bb539-ba1a-4a36-99b8-b599e9697a61EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2013Yiend, JFreestone, MVazquez-Montes, MHolland, JBurns, T PURPOSE: High-risk mentally disordered offenders present a diverse array of clinical characteristics. To contain and effectively treat this heterogeneous population requires a full understanding of the group's clinical profile. This study aimed to identify and validate clusters of clinically coherent profiles within one high-risk mentally disordered population in the UK. METHODS: Latent class analysis (a statistical technique to identify clustering of variance from a set of categorical variables) was applied to 174 cases using clinical diagnostic information to identify the most parsimonious model of best fit. Validity analyses were performed. RESULTS: Three identified classes were a 'delinquent' group (n = 119) characterised by poor educational history, strong criminal careers and high recidivism risk; a 'primary psychopathy' group (n = 38) characterised by good educational profiles and homicide offences and an 'expressive psychopathy' group (n = 17) presenting the lowest risk and characterised by more special educational needs and sexual offences. CONCLUSIONS: Individuals classed as high-risk mentally disordered offenders can be loosely segregated into three discrete subtypes: 'delinquent', 'psychopathic' or 'expressive psychopathic', respectively. These groups represent different levels of risk to society and reflect differing treatment needs. |
| spellingShingle | Yiend, J Freestone, M Vazquez-Montes, M Holland, J Burns, T The clinical profile of high-risk mentally disordered offenders. |
| title | The clinical profile of high-risk mentally disordered offenders. |
| title_full | The clinical profile of high-risk mentally disordered offenders. |
| title_fullStr | The clinical profile of high-risk mentally disordered offenders. |
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| title_short | The clinical profile of high-risk mentally disordered offenders. |
| title_sort | clinical profile of high risk mentally disordered offenders |
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