Offenders with intellectual disability: the size of the problem and therapeutic outcomes

Abstract

Offenders with ID often receive inadequate services as a result of poor identification through the criminal justice system and research into effective treatments is rudimentary. Further studies are necessary in order to improve treatment efficacy and service provision for a complex group of individuals.

Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

“…Taken together, the current data suggest that there are significant numbers of offenders with DD who are often poorly identified and inadequately treated, and consequently may pose a risk to the public (Barron et al, 2002). It is important to understand what diathetic factors may contribute to the development of sex offending behavior in people with ID so that effective interventions can be developed, researched, and made available to the population.…”

Characteristics, etiology and assessment of sexual offending in persons with intellectual disability

“…Procenjivanje kapaciteta za odgovorno upražnjavanje seksualnih aktivnosti i pružanje adekvatne podrške Tomić, K.: Karakteristike, etiologija i procena seksualnog prestupništva kod osoba sa intelektualnom ometenošću kroz prilagođenu seksualnu edukaciju značajni su faktori socijalne integracije osoba sa IO (Dukes & McGuire, 2009). Istraživanja pokazuju da su osobe sa IO česte žrtve seksualnog nasilja, ali i izvršioci seksualnih prestupa, a rizik za angažovanje u seksualnim zločinima veći je čak četiri do šest puta nego kod osoba bez ometenosti (Barron, Hassiotis & Banes, 2002). Seksualno prestupništvo osoba sa IO ulazi u fokus interesovanja stručne i naučne javnosti pojavom pokreta deinstitucionalizacije, zbog povećanja zahteva u pogledu socijalno prihvatljivog ponašanja unutar integrisanog socijalnog setinga.…”

A Systematic Review of Behavioral Health Interventions for Sex Offenders With Intellectual Disabilities

“…Although persons with IDD comprise between 1% and 3% of the general population in the United States, inmates with IDD are estimated to account for between 4% and 10% of the overall prison population (Petersilia, 2000). There are several systemic factors, however, that present challenges to quantifying differences in criminality between persons with IDD and the general population (Barron, Hassiotis, & Banes, 2002; Craig & Lindsay, 2010). Upon entry into the criminal justice system, those who are identified as having an IDD undergo a process of “filtering” through diversionary programs to secure forensic hospitals and community corrections that underestimate delinquency in this population (Craig & Lindsay, 2010; Petersilia, 2000).…”