Wednesday, March 14, 2012

To Detain or To Release? Correlates of Dispositions for Individuals Declared Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder

Objective: The extent to which risk assessment advances have influenced release decision-making by review boards (RBs) of individuals found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder (NCRMD) remains unclear. Our objective is to identify the psychosocial, criminological, and risk measure correlates of RB decision-making.

Method: Data were collected through structured interviews and file reviews conducted between October 2004 and August 2006 in the sole forensic psychiatric hospital in Quebec and in 2 civil psychiatric hospitals in a large metropolitan area designated to care for people found NCRMD. The final sample consisted of 96 men.

Results: Dynamic, …

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