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Pathways to the management of mentally ill offenders in the criminal justice system
- Authors:
- MANNA Adelmo, KUROSAWA Ryosuke, HAMAI Koichi
- Publisher:
- United Nations. Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 272p.
- Place of publication:
- Rome
Reviews experiences from a wide range of countries in dealing with people with mental health problems within the criminal justice system.
Mental health, substance use, and criminal justice characteristics of males with a history of abuse in a Swedish national sample
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 9(1), 2013, pp.47-60.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Objective: The primary goals of this study were to (a) provide the first estimate of prevalence of self-reported history of having been emotionally, physically, and/or sexually abused for men with a substance use disorder in Sweden and (b) identify, for men with a substance use disorder, mental health, substance use, and criminal justice characteristics associated with having a history of abuse. Methods: Assessment interviews for a substance use disorder were conducted in 50 out of 300 Swedish counties for the time period 2003 to 2008. Participants were a nationally representative sample of 9,571 Swedish men interviewed in county welfare offices. The Addiction Severity Index (ASI) was used as an assessment tool in these counties. From the ASI, answers to questions asking about lifetime history of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse were analyzed to provide this initial measure on history of abuse. Bivariate statistical analysis and multivariate logistic regression methods were used to explore the relationships between substance use severity, level of mental health problems reported, criminal justice history, and history of being abused. Results: Overall, 47.9% of the men in this sample reported having experienced abuse; specifically, 26.9% of clients reported a history of physical abuse, 4.5% reported a history of sexual abuse, and 40.7% reported a history of emotional abuse. Results from logistic regression modeling identified that higher ASI mental health symptomology scores were associated with 13 times higher likelihood of having experienced any abuse. Further, results from logistic regression models identified that scoring higher on the ASI mental health symptoms core was associated with an 8 times higher likelihood of having experienced physical abuse,14 times higher likelihood of having experienced sexual abuse, and 13 times higher likelihood of having experienced emotional abuse. Conclusions: Both the high prevalence of reporting a history of abuse among men with substance use disorders and the strong association between reporting more mental health symptoms and history of abuse indicate a need for Swedish substance use disorder treatment programmes to start using more comprehensive and clinically appropriate trauma assessment tools and to provide empirically supported trauma treatments. (Publisher abstract)
Older criminals: a descriptive study of psychiatrically examined offenders in Sweden
- Authors:
- FAZEL Seena, GRANN Martin
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(10), October 2002, pp.907-913.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article retrospectively examines psychiatric diagnoses of older offenders referred by court for psychiatric assessment in Sweden, and compared them with younger offenders. Results found there appears to be important differences in psychiatric morbidity between older offenders and younger ones who come into contact with forensic psychiatric services. This research may assist in the planning of forensic and therapeutic services for the increasing number of older adults passing through the criminal justice system.