Exploring Differences in Criminogenic Risk Factors and Criminal Behavior Between Young Adult Violent Offenders With and Without Mild to Borderline Intellectual Disability

Abstract

The relation between mild to borderline intellectual disability (MBID) and violent offense behavior was studied among a group of former juvenile delinquents currently in a diversion program for persistent young adult violent offenders from Amsterdam ( N = 146). Offenders were considered MBID if they had received juvenile probation from the local youth care agency specialized in intellectual disability (21%). A file study was used to estimate prevalence rates of criminogenic risk factors. Police data were used to depict recent criminal behavior. Nearly all offenders grew up in large and unstable multi-problem households and had psychosocial problems. More MBID offenders displayed externalizing behavior before the age of 12, were susceptible to peer pressure, and had low social-relational skills. MBID offenders committed more violent property crimes than offenders without MBID. Youth care interventions for MBID offenders should focus on the acquisition of social-relational skills and on the pedagogical skills of parents.

Trauma and institutional risk in a secure developmental disorder service: does the SAVRY inflate risk in adolescents exposed to ACEs?

“…This is a particularly prominent consideration when conducting risk assessments with people with developmental disorders, where there is a reliance on tools developed for neurotypical offenders. Research has highlighted a variety of criminogenic risk factors that are unique or particularly pertinent to, people with developmental disorders (Segeren et al, 2016), driving calls for the need to adapt existing SPJ tools (Boer et al, 2007;Pouls and Jeandarme, 2015). Consideration of alternative or additional factors that are of importance in the assessment of risk in individuals with a developmental disorder is necessitated.…”

“…In the first instance, the utility of the SAVRY in risk assessment with people with developmental disorders warrants exploration. The absence of any research directly exploring the predictive validity of the SAVRY in adolescent developmental disorder samples, in the context of evidence highlighting unique criminogenic risk factors for this population (Segeren et al, 2016), reflects a crucial omission in the literature.…”

Nursing and policing as boundary‐spanning professions: From crisis management towards community outcomes in mental health

“…Next, information from the screenings, combined with data from youth care files (Segeren, Fassaert, Kea, de Wit, & Popma, 2016), enabled the Municipal Public Health Service gain better insight into the group as a whole. Accumulation of problems in the past (i.e., adverse childhood experiences) and present has resulted in the notion that at least one-third of the Top600 population may be considered a target group for the public mental health care system (Fassaert, Segeren, Grimbergen, Tuinebreijer, & de Wit, 2016).…”

Disability support and reincarceration after a first adult prison custody episode for people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia

“…Individuals with ID share similar risk factors for offending as the general population. Risk factors include being; young and male (Simpson & Hogg, 2001), Indigenous (Haysom et al, 2014), experiencing mental health disorders (Dias et al, 2013a; Klimecki et al, 1994), problematic alcohol and drug issues (Bhandari et al, 2015; Klimecki et al, 1994; Lindsay et al, 2013), educational disengagement (Bhandari et al, 2015; Dias et al, 2013b), unemployment (Cockram, 2005; Klimecki et al, 1994), social disadvantage (Bhandari et al, 2015; Segeren et al, 2018), and homelessness (Borzycki & Baldry, 2003).…”