... such as criminal responsibility and legal capacity where they are involved. This study aims to highlight that individuals with Down syndrome are often referred directly to forensic psychiatry without undergoing an interview, despite the fact that this is a group with varied mental statuses. Design/methodology...

... for sexual offenses. Information on the index offense was not available, but a total of 75 per cent of the sample was previously convicted for at least one violent crime. In Dutch forensic psychiatry, the Historical Clinical Future – Revised (HKT-R; Spreen et al., 2014) is a commonly used...

... Intellectual disabilities Offending behaviour Institutional care Autism Asperger Inpatients Forensic psychiatry A greater proportion of ASD patients were of white British ethnic origin as compared with the control group (see Table II). The ASD groups were significantly younger (median age of ASD...