Studies

Question 1

Violence and mental illness: Sarialan

Answer 1

Matched Swedes with psychiatric disorders to people in the general population and full biological siblings.

7x more likely to be subjected to violence than general pop and 4x than siblings

Question 2

Violence and mental illness: Kingston

Answer 2

Compare prediction of General Personality and Cognitive Social Learning model (GPCSL) and psychological variables for misconduct and recidivism

• best predictors were consistent with GPCLS
• Psychological variables were poor predictors (except for people that had recieved a youth sentence)

Question 3

Filicide: Kauppi

Answer 3

Difference in maternal and paternal during 25 yrs.

• Mothers: younger victim 1.6 (more altruistic, psychosocial stressors, psychosis)
• Fathers: older victim 5.6 (extended suicide, alcohol abuse, personality disorder)

Question 4

Filicide: Klier

Answer 4

Anonymous delivery in Austria
Rates of filicide decreased

But had a fade-away effect

Question 5

Paraphilias: Smid

Answer 5

Outcome of high-intensity inpatient sex offender treatment (TBS system) in the netherlands in terms of recidivism.

Sex offenders:
- No difference for low-risk, moderate or moderate-high.
- Difference for high-risk

Violent sex offenders:
- No difference for low, low moderate
- Difference for moderate-high and high risk

Question 6

Paraphilias: Harris

Answer 6

Perception of impact of registration and notification on juveniles

• negative mental health outcomes
• harassment and unfair treatment
• school problems
• living instability

Question 7

Paraphilias: Burchfield

Answer 7

23 sex offenders release from prison: experience.

Barrier to social capital:
- individual (stigma and shame)
- local (housing)
- structural (isolation)
- formal (parole and employment)

Question 8

Paraphilias: Levenson

Answer 8

impact of residence restriction of 135 sex offenders in florida

Increase all factors associated with recidivism:
- increased isolation
- financial and emotional stress
- decreased stability
- not helpful tool in risk management (they can walk to kid places)

Question 9

Credibility assessment: Talwar 1

Question 10

Credibility assessment: Talwar 2

Question 11

Profiling: Snook

Answer 11

Compared predictive accuracy of self-labeled profilers vs experienced investigators vs non-profilers

• success in profiling may not be based on specialized knowledge, but known facts of criminal literature (that anyone can access)