Prevalence of mental disorders among sexual offenders and non-sexual offenders

Prevalence of mental disorders among sexual offenders and non-sexual offenders Prevalência de transtornos mentais entre agressores sexuais e não sexuais

objective: To evaluate the prevalence of mental disorders in convicted sex offenders admitted to the Psychiatric Custody and Treatment Hospital (Forensic Psychiatric Facility). Method: 89 patient records of males admitted from March 2005 to August 2006 were analyzed. The analysis included evaluation of two study groups: Group I comprised subjects who had committed sex offenses (sexual offenders...

Mental disorders in a forensic sample of sexual offenders.

OBJECTIVE - The present study examined the prevalence of DSM IV axis I disorders and DSM IV personality disorders among sexual offenders in Forensic State Hospitals in Germany. METHOD - Current and lifetime prevalence rates of mental disorders were investigated based on clinical structured interviews among sexual offenders (n = 55). Additionally, subgroups were analyzed on the basis of diagno...

Incarceration and recidivism among sexual offenders.

The relationship between incarceration and recidivism was investigated in a sample of 627 adult male sexual offenders. Incarceration for the index offense was unrelated to sexual or violent recidivism. This was the case whether incarceration was examined as a dichotomous variable (incarceration vs. community sentence) or as a continuous variable (length of incarceration). Risk for sexual recidi...

Sexual offense adjudication and sexual recidivism among juvenile offenders.

This study compares the recidivism patterns of a cohort of 249 juvenile sexual offenders and 1,780 non-sexual offending delinquents who were released from secured custody over a two and one half year period. The prevalence of sex offenders with new sexual offense charges during the 5 year follow-up period was 6.8%, compared to 5.7% for the non-sexual offenders, a non-significant difference. Juv...

EXAMINING RISK FACTORS AMONG UNDETECTED SEXUAL OFFENDERS The Psychological Propensities of Risk in Undetected Sexual Offenders