Offending and risky behaviour in community services for people with intellectual disabilities in one local authority

McBrien, Judith; Hodgetts, Alison; Gregory, John Welbourn

doi:10.1080/1478994031000084828

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“…It was found that 7.1% of the sample obtained a Full Scale IQ score below 70. At the same time, studies suggest that 2Á10% of men and women who are known to ID services have had contact with the police as possible perpetrators (McBrien, Hodgetts, & Gregory, 2003;McNulty, Kissi-Deborah, & Newsom-Davies, 1995;Messinger & Apfelberg, 1961).…”

Section: Intellectual Disabilities Moral Reasoning and Offendingmentioning

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Moral reasoning theory and illegal behaviour by adults with intellectual disabilities

Langdon

Clare

Murphy

2011

Psychology, Crime & Law

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Many studies conclude there is a strong relationship between moral reasoning and illegal behaviour amongst young offenders. However, there has been no research examining this relationship amongst people with intellectual disabilities. There is some empirical evidence to suggest that the relationship between moral reasoning and illegal behaviour may be curvilinear, such that lower moral reasoning and higher moral reasoning relates to lower rates of illegal behaviour and inappropriate conduct. Given this, and evidence that people with intellectual disabilities are reasoning at a lower moral stage than their same-age peers, it is proposed that some people with intellectual disabilities may actually be less likely to engage in illegal behaviour because they are reasoning at an earlier moral stage, while those with 'borderline' intelligence would be more likely to engage in illegal behaviour. This suggests that the relationship between moral reasoning and illegal behaviour is moderated by intelligence, and this has implications for the design of intervention programmes for people with intellectual disabilities, but further research is needed.

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Section: Intellectual Disabilities Moral Reasoning and Offendingmentioning

confidence: 98%

Moral reasoning theory and illegal behaviour by adults with intellectual disabilities

Langdon

Clare

Murphy

2011

Psychology, Crime & Law

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“…Lindsay, Steele et al, 2006;McBrien et al, 2003) with offences against the person more prevalent than non-person offences, aggression the most common antisocial or offending behaviour reported, and similarly low rates of property damage, fire setting and substance misuse offences. However, McBrien et al (2003) reported higher rates of sex offences and theft. It would seem that the profile of antisocial and offending behaviour amongst people with LD is becoming clearer.…”

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“…Winter et al, 1997;Farrington et al, 2006). In their review of one local authority area, McBrien et al (2003) reported that 30% of women with LD known to services had histories of offending and offendingtype behaviours. In contrast, Barron et al (2004) found that 13% of a sample of offenders with LD in community settings were women.…”

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A multi‐centre study of adults with learning disabilities referred to services for antisocial or offending behaviour: demographic, individual, offending and service characteristics

O’Brien

Taylor

Lindsay

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Jnl Learn Disabil Offen Behav

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“…Holland (2004) cited an increased willingness by the Crown Prosecution Service to pursue legal proceedings against learning disabled adults with lesser degrees of learning disability charged with an indictable offence. McBrien, Hodgetts, and Gregory (2003) concluded that it was the nature of the index offence and not presence of learning disability that determined CJS involvement, with greater contact if the commissioned act was sexual in nature and directed towards children.…”

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Attitudes towards sex offenders regarding competency, liability, voluntariness of offence, and disposal: the influence of being classified as having a learning disability

Price-Jones

Barrowcliff²

2010

Psychology, Crime & Law

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The principal aim of this study was to investigate whether attitudes towards judicial competency, legal liability, voluntariness of offence and judicial disposal options were influenced by known classification of an offender as learning disabled compared to an offender with a suggested intellectual disability, but not formally classified. Subsidiary aims were to explore participant attitudes based upon group membership and parental status. The sample consisted of 101 participants (69 undergraduate nursing students and 32 from the general population). Participants were requested to complete a questionnaire assessing their attitudes within the aforementioned domains and towards ascribed levels of victim parental responsibility. Fifty participants completed a questionnaire designed for the purpose of the study where the offence scenario depicted made reference to the offender having a formal classification of learning disability. Fifty-one participants completed the same questionnaire where an intellectual disability was suggested but not formally stated in the form of classification. Results indicated that classification did significantly influence attitudes in most domains irrespective of group. The nursing group attributed greater levels of competency to the offenders depicted. No interactions between variables were observed. The reasons for and implications of these findings, limitations and recommendations for future research are explored.

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Offending and risky behaviour in community services for people with intellectual disabilities in one local authority

Cited by 54 publications

References 14 publications

Moral reasoning theory and illegal behaviour by adults with intellectual disabilities

Moral reasoning theory and illegal behaviour by adults with intellectual disabilities

A multi‐centre study of adults with learning disabilities referred to services for antisocial or offending behaviour: demographic, individual, offending and service characteristics

Attitudes towards sex offenders regarding competency, liability, voluntariness of offence, and disposal: the influence of being classified as having a learning disability

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