Cuddeback Gary S, Grady Melissa, Blank Wilson Amy, Van Deinse Tonya, Morrissey Joseph P
1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
2 The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2019 Sep;63(12):2157-2170. doi: 10.1177/0306624X19842994. Epub 2019 Apr 23.
Individuals who have committed sex offenses (ISOs) with severe mental illnesses are a complex population to serve and more research is needed to guide practice and policy, especially around community supervision, enrollment in Medicaid, housing, employment, criminal justice contacts, and reincarceration after prison reentry. To further the literature in this area, we used logistic regression to model recidivism and admissions to violator or prison facilities among 127 ISOs with severe mental illnesses and 2,935 people with severe mental illnesses who were incarcerated in prison for other crimes. Compared to prison releasees with severe mental illnesses who committed crimes other than sex offenses, prison releasees with severe mental illnesses who committed sex offenses were admitted to violator facilities at higher rates, when controlling for substance use, Medicaid enrollment, homelessness, and unemployment. Implications for practice, policy and research are discussed.
患有严重精神疾病的性犯罪者是一个难以服务的复杂群体，需要更多研究来指导实践和政策制定，特别是在社区监管、医疗补助登记、住房、就业、刑事司法接触以及出狱后再次入狱等方面。为了丰富该领域的文献，我们使用逻辑回归对127名患有严重精神疾病的性犯罪者以及2935名因其他罪行被监禁的患有严重精神疾病的人再次犯罪和被送进违规者或监狱设施的情况进行建模。在控制了药物使用、医疗补助登记、无家可归和失业等因素后，与因非性犯罪而患有严重精神疾病的出狱者相比，患有严重精神疾病的性犯罪出狱者被送进违规者设施的比例更高。文中还讨论了对实践、政策和研究的启示。
