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Lofthouse, Rachael E.; Lindsay, William R.; Totsika, Vasiliki; Hastings, Richard P.; Boer, Douglas P.; Haaven, James L. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: The purpose of the present study was to add to the literature on the predictive accuracy of a dynamic intellectual disability specific risk assessment tool. Method: A dynamic risk assessment for sexual reoffending (ARMIDILO-S), a static risk assessment for sexual offending (STATIC-99), and a static risk assessment for violence…
Descriptors: Risk Assessment, Criminals, Mental Retardation, Sexual Abuse
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Lindsay, William R.; Beail, Nigel – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Background: Research on prediction of violent and sexual offending behaviour has developed considerably in the mainstream criminological literature. Apart from one publication [Quinsey (2004) "Offenders with Developmental Disabilities," pp. 131-142] this has not been extended to the field of intellectual disabilities. Methods: Work on actuarial…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Predictive Validity, Prediction
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Lindsay, William R.; Elliot, Susanne F.; Astell, Arlene – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Background: The extensive research on prediction of risk in offenders has developed a number of reliable static risk predictors. There is also a developing body of work on proximal, dynamic risk factors and their importance in predicting violent and sexual offending. Although this work has not been done specifically on offenders with intellectual…
Descriptors: Case Records, Sexual Abuse, Mental Retardation, Predictor Variables