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A comparison of psychopathy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and brain dysfunction among sex offenders
- Authors:
- LANGEVIN Ron, CURNOE Suzanne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 10(3), May 2010, pp.177-200.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
With a sample of 1,695 adult, violent and non-violent, male sex offenders from a forensic database of men seen for psychological assessment at a university hospital and/or private clinic in an urban area of the United States, this study looks at the relationship of Hare’s psychopathy scores (PCL-R) with ADHD diagnosis and brain dysfunction/damage measures. The Wender Utah and Connors Adult ADHD Rating Scales were used for childhood and adult ADHD symptoms, respectively. Two neuropsychological measures, the Halsted-Reitan Battery and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, were used to measure brain dysfunction. Participants were comprised of 1,520 sex offenders and paraphilics, and two comparison groups, 133 violent non-sex offenders and 42 non-violent non-sex offenders. Their age and education data are presented. Findings showed that ADHD and brain dysfunction were significantly more common among psychopaths than non-psychopaths, and psychopaths showed more neurological disorders and early problems with learning disorders or disabilities. The authors point out that “although psychopathy is characteristically considered to be an untreatable and dangerous condition, its significant association with ADHD and brain dysfunction indicates that there are important treatments paths that should be explored”. They claim that preventive practice, early treatment and intervention could be an important consideration in the prevention of adult offender behaviours.
A practice and policy agenda for HIV and learning difficulties
- Author:
- CAMBRIDGE Paul
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 22(4), December 1994, pp.134-139.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reviews how issues around HIV and learning difficulties come together to present a challenge for health promotion/HIV prevention and services for people with learning difficulties. The review also identifies key practice issues which services for people with learning difficulties need to address in relation to HIV and offers a model for developing policy and resources for carrying forward work in this area.
Male mentally handicapped sex offenders
- Author:
- DAY Kenneth
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 165, November 1994, pp.630-639.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Sex offences are over represented in the mentally handicapped, but information about the characteristics and offence behaviour of this group is limited. A retrospective case note survey was made of male patients referred for antisocial sexual behaviour. Categorical analysis differentiated a 'sex offences only' group from a 'sex plus other offences' group in the areas of psychopathology, offence behaviour and outcome. The finding of two subgroups of mentally handicapped male sex offenders has important implications for prevention, assessment and treatment.
Considerations for informing safer sex education work with men with learning disabilities
- Author:
- CAMBRIDGE Paul
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 27(4), December 1999, pp.123-126.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article reviews HIV prevention and safer sex education work with men with learning disabilities, identifying considerations for responding to HIV in its third decade. While the effective targeting of HIV prevention remains with men with learning disabilities who have sex with men, new considerations are also emerging from experience with sex education, staff training and HIV prevention more widely, helping reshape and inform service responses and individuals work.