Fire setting behaviour has devastating consequences and a significant number of adults
who set fires have intellectual disabilities and/or autism. However, there has been no …

Offenders, Deviants or Patients? provides a practical approach to understanding both the
social context and treatment of mentally disordered offenders. Taking into account the …

This study was carried out as part of a larger study commissioned by the UK Department of
Health to investigate the service pathways for offenders with learning disabilities (LD). The …

In mainstream offender samples, several risk assessments have been evaluated for
predictive validity. This study extends this work to male offenders with intellectual disabilities …

A practical treatment manual, specifically developed for use with offenders who have
intellectual disabilities, which will help clinicians to prepare and run therapeutic group …

There is an extensive research literature on the association between personality disorder,
antisocial personality disorder, and risk of future violent and sexual offences. Several studies …

Background Intellectual disability (ID) is known to be more common in incarcerated groups,
especially incarcerated youth. A boriginal young people have higher rates of ID, and make …

The patterns and pathways into intellectual disability (ID) offender services were studied
through case file review for 477 participants referred in one calendar year to community …

Background Contrasting views exist over the association of intellectual disability (ID) and
criminal offending. This nationwide study attempts to shed further light to expand …

NHS England recently published a national plan to develop community services for people
with intellectual disabilities and autism who display challenging behaviour by using …