Mental disorder and crime: Coincidence, correlation and cause

Crichton, John

doi:10.1080/09585189908402166

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“…This finding is supported by research conducted by Monahan and Steadman (1983) who concluded after reviewing more than 200 studies that the correlates of crime amongst those with a mental health diagnosis are the same as those found in all other groups such as age, gender, race or social class. More than a decade later another large-scale review by Crichton (1999) supported this conclusion highlighting that the relationship between mental illness and crime is small and more easily obscured by criminological factors. So while it appears that a mental health diagnosis does not increase the risk of criminality, it does have significant treatment implications.…”

Section: Mental Illness In the Correctional Systemmentioning

confidence: 53%

Mindfulness Meditation as an Adjunct Approach to Treatment Within the Correctional System

Dafoe

Stermac

2013

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

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Section: Mental Illness In the Correctional Systemmentioning

confidence: 53%

Mindfulness Meditation as an Adjunct Approach to Treatment Within the Correctional System

Dafoe

Stermac

2013

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

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“…A review of the link between mental disorder and crime (Crichton 1999) concluded that one of the primary problems facing the prison service was dual diagnosis. Service users who have a dual diagnosis are 'individuals who experience simultaneous serious mental illness (usually psychotic) and substance misuse related problems' (Holland 2002).…”

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“…Service users who have a dual diagnosis are 'individuals who experience simultaneous serious mental illness (usually psychotic) and substance misuse related problems' (Holland 2002). In particular, Crichton (1999) pointed to the link between substance misuse, psychosis and violence. This combination potentially presents a major challenge for mental health nursing and it has been estimated that 70% of nurses felt that drug and alcohol misuse was a problem for them in their practice (Sandford 1995).…”

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The attitudes of forensic nurses to substance using service users

Foster

Onyeukwu

2003

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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There is now a body of research that has shown that the attitudes of nurses towards substance misuse in the mentally ill are generally suboptimal and this has an impact on the quality of nursing care provided. Despite this, to date there have been no published studies that have examined the attitudes of forensic nurses towards substance misusing forensic service users. Sixty-three multiethnic registered forensic psychiatric nurses based on an inpatient unit in outer London were surveyed using the Substance Abuse Attitude Survey (SAAS). This has five subscores: Treatment Intervention, Treatment Optimism, Permissiveness, Non-Moralism and Non-Stereotypes. Only Permissiveness scores were at an optimum level and equivalent to other community mental health workers. The Treatment Intervention and Treatment Optimism subscores were well below those of a multidisciplinary group of community mental health workers. Three other findings were of note. Firstly, women had higher Non-Moralism scores than men. Secondly, staff nurses had higher Non-Stereotypes scores than other grades. Finally, Black nurses had higher Treatment Optimism scores than non-Black colleagues. In conclusion, the attitudes of forensic nurses towards substance misuse in forensic clients are more suboptimal than other groups of community mental health workers. Our findings also indicate that gender, staff grading and ethnicity are associated with suboptimal scores.

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“…The research associating mental health problems to offending behaviour is extensive. Comprehensive reviews include those by Crichton (1999), Hagell and Dowling (1999), and Woodward et al (1999). Mentally disordered offenders also appear to experience a wider range of problems and needs than do other offenders.…”

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The Substantial Service Demands of Offenders and Frequent Offenders

Rodríguez

Keene

2006

European Journal of Criminology

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A B S T R A C TThis study analyses new data on the service demands of gender and age subpopulations of occasional and frequent offenders shared by health, social care and criminal justice agencies in the UK. Using a case-linkage methodology borrowed from health studies, we tracked the population of offenders across multiple agencies within a Health Authority jurisdiction in an English county over a three-year period. We show that offenders and frequent offenders demanded services in larger proportions than non-offenders and occasional offenders, particularly drug and alcohol services. We find that overrepresentations of males and youngsters among offenders were more marked among frequent offenders. Using categorical principal component analyses, we identify three typologies of frequent offenders making heavy demands on public services, and detect key discrepancies between their problems and levels of service provision. Our findings indicate the need to devise inter-agency strategies for the treatment and care of different groups of offenders, while providing useful data on their characteristics so as to make these strategies more effective. K E Y W O R D SCase-Linkage Methods / Categorical Principal Component Analysis / Needs / Service Provision / Typologies.

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Mental disorder and crime: Coincidence, correlation and cause

Cited by 13 publications

References 89 publications

Mindfulness Meditation as an Adjunct Approach to Treatment Within the Correctional System

Mindfulness Meditation as an Adjunct Approach to Treatment Within the Correctional System

The attitudes of forensic nurses to substance using service users

The Substantial Service Demands of Offenders and Frequent Offenders

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