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Predictors of sexual offence recidivism in offenders with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- LINDSAY William R., ELLIOT Susanne F., ASTELL Arlene
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17(4), December 2004, pp.299-305.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A comparison of anxiety and depression in sex offenders with intellectual disability and a control group with intellectual disability
- Authors:
- LINDSAY William R., LEES Merlanie S.
- Journal article citation:
- Sexual Abuse a Journal of Research and Treatment, 15(4), October 2003, pp.339-345.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The aims of this study were to employ modified versions of the 21-item Beck Anxiety and Depression Inventories with a group of 16 sex offenders with mild intellectual disability and borderline intelligence and 16 control participants with similar levels of intellectual disability. Test-retest correlations found high reliability for both assessments across all participants. There was a significant difference between the scores of the 2 groups with the sex offenders reporting significantly lower levels of anxiety and depression than the control participants. The results are discussed by presenting hypotheses on the emotional stability in each group.