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Sexual and Nonsexual Offenders With Intellectual and Learning Disabilities

A Comparison of Characteristics, Referral Patterns, and Outcome

William R. Lindsay

National Health Service Tayside; The State Hospital, Carstairs; and the University of Abertay, Dundee

Anne H. W. Smith

National Health Service Tayside

Jacqueline Law

Scottish Prison Service

Kathleen Quinn

National Health Service Tayside

Andrew Anderson

National Health Service Tayside

Astrid Smith

National Health Service Tayside

Ronald Allan

National Health Service Tayside

This article reports an evaluation of a community intellectual disability offender service over the period from 1990 to 2001. Men who committed sex offenses or sexually abusive incidents (n = 106) and men who committed other types of offenses and serious incidents (n = 78) are compared on personal characteristics, referral sources, forensic details, and outcome up to 7 years after referral. The cohorts are older than one would expect from the criminology literature, and, at about 33%, the incidence of mental illness is consistent with some previous studies. A greater proportion of sex offenders had criminal justice involvement and a formal disposal from court. Fire raising was not overly represented as an offense. There was a higher rate of reoffending in the nonsexual cohort, which persisted up to 7 years. Investigating only reoffenders, there was a considerable amount of harm reduction recorded upto 7 years, statistically significant up to 5 years following initial referral.

Key Words: sexually abusive incidents • intellectual disability offender • mental illness

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 19, No. 8, 875-890 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260504266884
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