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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.; Michie, Amanda M.; Steptoe, Lesley; Moore, Fhionna; Haut, Fabian – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
Background: Several studies have shown the positive effects of sex offender treatment for men with intellectual disabilities who have perpetrated sex offences or inappropriate sexual behaviour. The present study investigates the process of treatment change and compares two groups of offenders against adults and offenders against children. Method:…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Females, Mental Retardation, Measures (Individuals)
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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