TY - JOUR
T1 - Modeling of forensic population current crime severity, based on past crime severity
AU - Nussbaum, David
AU - MacEacheron, Melanle
AU - Douglass, Melanle D.
AU - Watson, Mark
AU - Daoud, Stephanie L.S.B.
AU - Me, Gabrlela
AU - DeKeseredy, Walter S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Journal of Forensic Psychology.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Predicting recidivistic severity in forensic populations would prove useful to tribunals deciding on sentence length, deciding on determinate versus indeterminate sentences, and applying "significant risk" statutes. In an exploratory study, we combine actuarial and self-report data to "predict" current severity of offending, in a forensic population in which all individuals are past offenders. Current criminal charges against a group of inmates (participants) in a Canadian, forensic psychiatric unit, were related to basic demographic and diagnosis information from psychiatric files, past offenses, and a few easily administered and scored pencil-and-paper tests. Many participants previously held Not Criminally Responsible due to Mental Disorder for at least one criminal offense. The collected information "predicted" current offense(s), producing R's of .60, .57 and .89 for N = 171 males and 28 females. Limitations include the need for replication with prospective designs and a better scale to measure severity of violence. Implications for practice and policy are discussed.
AB - Predicting recidivistic severity in forensic populations would prove useful to tribunals deciding on sentence length, deciding on determinate versus indeterminate sentences, and applying "significant risk" statutes. In an exploratory study, we combine actuarial and self-report data to "predict" current severity of offending, in a forensic population in which all individuals are past offenders. Current criminal charges against a group of inmates (participants) in a Canadian, forensic psychiatric unit, were related to basic demographic and diagnosis information from psychiatric files, past offenses, and a few easily administered and scored pencil-and-paper tests. Many participants previously held Not Criminally Responsible due to Mental Disorder for at least one criminal offense. The collected information "predicted" current offense(s), producing R's of .60, .57 and .89 for N = 171 males and 28 females. Limitations include the need for replication with prospective designs and a better scale to measure severity of violence. Implications for practice and policy are discussed.
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M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85067354074
SN - 0733-1290
VL - 37
SP - 5
EP - 40
JO - American Journal of Forensic Psychology
JF - American Journal of Forensic Psychology
IS - 1
ER -