Evans Ceri, Ehlers Anke, Mezey Gillian, Clark David M
Department of Psychological Medicine, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.
J Trauma Stress. 2007 Apr;20(2):183-96. doi: 10.1002/jts.20204.
Very little is known about the nature of perpetrator's memories of violent crime. The authors conducted semistructured interviews with a representative sample of 105 young offenders convicted of serious violence, assessing intrusive memories, ruminations, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder related to their violent crime. Forty-eight (46%) participants described significant intrusive memories of the assault, and 38 (36%) reported ruminations related to the assault. Ethnic origin and historical variables explained 19% of the variance of posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity; intrusion and rumination characteristics added an additional 48% explained variance. The intrusive memories tended to concern the moment when the event turned for the worse for the perpetrator. The findings have implications for risk assessment and therapeutic interventions for violent offenders.
对于暴力犯罪者对犯罪行为的记忆本质，我们所知甚少。作者对105名被判严重暴力犯罪的年轻罪犯进行了半结构化访谈，评估了与他们暴力犯罪相关的侵入性记忆、反复思考以及创伤后应激障碍症状。48名（46%）参与者描述了对袭击事件的显著侵入性记忆，38名（36%）报告了与袭击相关的反复思考。种族起源和历史变量解释了创伤后应激障碍症状严重程度变异的19%；侵入性记忆和反复思考特征又额外解释了48%的变异。侵入性记忆往往涉及犯罪者遭遇事件恶化的那一刻。这些发现对暴力犯罪者的风险评估和治疗干预具有启示意义。
