RESUMO
Men convicted of sex offences (N = 102) were interviewed in two prisons. Cluster analysis was used to generate three groups according to pattern of denial; a fourth group was composed of men who denied their offence altogether. The groups differed in their ethnic make-up, offence type and past history of sexual offending.
Assuntos
Negação em Psicologia , Prisioneiros/psicologia , Delitos Sexuais/psicologia , Adulto , Inglaterra , Humanos , Controle Interno-Externo , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde , Prisioneiros/legislação & jurisprudência , Psicoterapia , Estupro/legislação & jurisprudência , Estupro/psicologia , Delitos Sexuais/legislação & jurisprudência , Responsabilidade SocialRESUMO
The Home Office files of all 295 cases of defendants being found unfit to plead between 1976 and 1988 were evaluated. The majority were male and either schizophrenic or mentally impaired. Median age was 32 years. Two-thirds had past criminal convictions, and nearly 90% had past contact with psychiatric or social services, but only 28% were receiving psychiatric care at the time of their alleged offence; 14% were hospital in-patients. Offences of theft and violence predominated, but in most cases they were not of a serious nature: 34% were rated as mild or nuisance, 40% moderate, and 26% severe. In more than 80% of cases, evidence linking the accused with the offence seemed good. Less than one-third were admitted to special hospitals. Forty-six per cent of the population (135 patients) eventually regained their capacity to plead (within a median of four months), with 76 (26%) returning for trial. Of the remainder, 68 (23%) are still in hospital, 39 of whom have been there for more than five years. Time to discharge without trial reflected the severity of the alleged offence.
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Internação Compulsória de Doente Mental/legislação & jurisprudência , Defesa por Insanidade/estatística & dados numéricos , Transtornos Mentais/diagnóstico , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Dano Encefálico Crônico/diagnóstico , Dano Encefálico Crônico/psicologia , Crime/legislação & jurisprudência , Inglaterra , Prova Pericial/legislação & jurisprudência , Feminino , Humanos , Deficiência Intelectual/diagnóstico , Deficiência Intelectual/psicologia , Masculino , Transtornos Mentais/psicologia , Transtornos Mentais/reabilitação , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Esquizofrenia/diagnóstico , Psicologia do Esquizofrênico , País de GalesRESUMO
A sample of men in prison was interviewed and rated for the presence of six behaviours commonly thought to be impulsive: alcohol abuse (CAGE positive), sedative dependence, other drug abuse, pathological gambling, repeated aggression and self-harm. They were also asked to complete the EPQ and 15 questionnaires. Out of 61 men on a 'special protection, wing, 51 agreed to take part. We found that the score on the Impulsiveness scale of the 15 correlated with the number of disorders present in individuals, even when corrected for age. Pathological gambling and self-harm did not correlate with the presence of any of the other behaviours.
