Criminal recidivism in offenders with personality disorders and substance use disorders over 8 years of time at risk

Abstract Personality disorders (PD) and substance use disorders (SUD) lead to high violent criminality. The influence of co-morbidity on recidivism remains unclear. Recidivism of 379 offenders was assessed at 8 years of follow-up. Sixty-nine percent of PD + SUD, 45% of SUD- and 33% of PD- subjects s...

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Published in:Psychiatry research 2011-04, Vol.186 (2), p.443-445
Main Authors: Walter, Marc, Wiesbeck, Gerhard A, Dittmann, Volker, Graf, Marc
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Analysis of Variance
Biological and medical sciences
Checklist
Chi-Square Distribution
Criminals - statistics & numerical data
Female
Forensic Psychiatry
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Personality disorders
Personality Disorders - diagnosis
Personality Disorders - epidemiology
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Retrospective Studies
Substance-Related Disorders - diagnosis
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Time Factors
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract Personality disorders (PD) and substance use disorders (SUD) lead to high violent criminality. The influence of co-morbidity on recidivism remains unclear. Recidivism of 379 offenders was assessed at 8 years of follow-up. Sixty-nine percent of PD + SUD, 45% of SUD- and 33% of PD- subjects showed any recidivism. However, violent recidivism was highest in the PD- group.
ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2010.08.009