Predicting violent infractions in a Swiss state penitentiary: A replication study of the PCL-R in a population of sex and violent offenders

Endrass, Jérôme; Rossegger, Astrid; Urbaniok, Frank; Laubacher, Arja; Vetter, Stefan

doi:10.1186/1471-244x-8-74

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“…In a study carried out in seven British prisons, Hare, Clark, Grann, and Thornton () found that PCL‐R scores significantly predicted future acts of violent assault, although the predictive ability of PCL‐R scores was weaker than that of previous convictions or age. In contrast, according to a study conducted in a single Swiss prison, the only significant prediction produced by PCL‐R scores was between PCL‐R Factor 1 scores and verbal violence (Endrass, Rossegger, Urbaniok, et al, ), and a study in prisons in the southeastern United States found that PCL‐R scores did not predict any form of misconduct (Walters, Duncan, & Geyer, ). In the case of the VRAG, a study in a Swiss prison showed that VRAG scores moderately predicted both verbal and physical violence, but for sex offenders only (Endrass, Rossegger, Frischknecht, et al, ).…”

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“…Studies in Spain (Arbach‐Lucioni, Martinez‐García, & Andrés‐Pueyo, ) and Taiwan (Kuo, Cuvelier, & Huang, ) reported similar US average rates of prisoner‐to‐prisoner physical violence (8%), but the Taiwan study showed a much higher rate of prisoner‐to‐prisoner psychological violence (21%). According to two studies based on records from a single Swiss prison, 28% of prisoners said they had been victims of prisoner‐to‐prisoner physical violence, 26% had been subject to verbal violence, and 15% had taken illegal drugs during their incarceration (Endrass, Rossegger, Frischknecht, Noll, & Urbaniok, ; Endrass, Rossegger, Urbaniok, Laubacher, & Vetter, ). More recently, a 1‐year survey of a Swiss pre‐sentencing prison found that 30% of inmates had reported being victims of prisoner‐to‐prisoner physical violence (Pont et al, ).…”

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Predicting physically violent misconduct in prison: A comparison of four risk assessment instruments

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Gasser

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Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Violence in correctional facilities is an important issue for both prisoners and prison staff. Risk assessment instruments have demonstrated their accuracy in predicting the risk of (re) offending and institutional violence in psychiatric settings, but less is known about their ability to predict violent misconduct in prison. The present study applied four risk assessment instruments (Structured Assessment of Protective Factors for violence risk, Historical Clinical Risk Management-20, Psychopathy checklist - Revised, and Violent Risk Appraisal Guide) to 52 violent offenders in a Swiss prison in order to evaluate the instruments' predictive validities. Outcomes were instances of physically violent, other and any misconduct as recorded in prison files during the 12 months following the prisoners' assessments. Approximately 15% of offenders committed physically violent misconduct and approximately 42% committed any misconduct. The results show that mainly dynamic assessment tools are as good predictors of physically violent misconduct as mainly static assessment tools. Targeting dynamic factors could increase the effectiveness of interventions to reduce the risk of physical violence in prison.

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Predicting physically violent misconduct in prison: A comparison of four risk assessment instruments

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Gasser

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Behavioral Sci & The Law

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“…The mean PCL-R value in the Aix la (Molto, Poy, & Torrubia, 2000), 15.3 in an English study (Coid et al, 2009), in Switzerland just 12 (Endrass, Rossegger, Urbaniok, Laubacher, & Vetter, 2008), and 12 in a German sample of prisoners in West Berlin (Dahle, 2006).…”

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Is psychopathy elevated among criminal offenders who are under preventive detention pursuant to Section 66 of the German Penal Code?

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Vohs³

2010

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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In Germany, preventive detention can be imposed if a repeat offender shows a proclivity to commit further significant criminal acts. The courts require expert opinion to provide information about personality traits relevant for this disposition. However, currently, consensus about this topic is lacking. On the basis of a standardized examination, the relevance of Hare's concept of "psychopathy" for expert opinion is discussed in the context of preventive detention.

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“…Jedoch dürfen die bedeutung und die aussagekraft selbst sorgfältig abgeklärter Werte nicht überschätzt werden, denn im deutschsprachigen raum besteht das Problem, dass in Straftäterpopulationen ein Durchschnittswert der PCl-Scores von 12 vorliegt [19,20]. Damit liegt ein großteil der Strafgefangenen in Deutschland und der Schweiz weit unter dem "Psychopathy"-grenzwert von 30.…”

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Begutachtung der Kriminalprognose

Habermeyer

Gairing

Lau

2010

Forens Psychiatr Psychol Kriminol

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Zusammenfassung eine Fülle von standardisierten instrumenten ermöglicht mittlerweile an empirischen Daten ausgerichtete aussagen zur Kriminalprognose. Der vorliegende beitrag zeigt am beispiel von weit verbreiteten und für die praktische anwendung relevanten Verfahren (Violence risk appraisal guide, Static-99, Historical Clinical risk Management-20, Psychopathy Checklist-revised) limitationen der anwendbarkeit solcher instrumente auf. Vor diesem Hintergrund soll deutlich werden, dass der psychopathologische arbeitsansatz durch den einsatz standardisierter kriminalprognostischer instrumente nicht überflüssig, sondern im Sinne eines integrativen Vorgehens sinnvoll ergänzt wird.Schlüsselwörter Kriminalprognose · basisrate · Violence risk appraisal guide · Static-99 · Historical Clinical risk Management-20 · Psychopathie Criminal risk assessmentDoes psychopathology still play a role?Abstract a variety of standardized instruments allows risk assessment based upon empirical data. this paper calls attention to the pitfalls immanent to the application of popular prognostic instruments (Violence risk appraisal guide, . Psychopathological assessment, however, has not been superseded by standardized instruments but serves as a valuable addition in terms of an integrative approach.Keywords risk assessment · base rate · Violence risk appraisal guide · Static-99 · Historical Clinical risk Management-20 · Psychopathy Einleitung

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Predicting violent infractions in a Swiss state penitentiary: A replication study of the PCL-R in a population of sex and violent offenders

Cited by 18 publications

References 33 publications

Predicting physically violent misconduct in prison: A comparison of four risk assessment instruments

Predicting physically violent misconduct in prison: A comparison of four risk assessment instruments

Is psychopathy elevated among criminal offenders who are under preventive detention pursuant to Section 66 of the German Penal Code?

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