NCJ Number
232049
Journal
Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Dated: July - September 2010 Pages: 339-359
Date Published
July 2010
Length
21 pages
Annotation
This study examined the treatment effectiveness of information gathered on the social network patterns of forensic psychiatric inpatients.
Abstract
The major aim of the treatment of forensic psychiatric patients is to reduce risk of future violence by means of a positive change in the factors associated with the offence. In this article, the authors argue that information on patients' social network patterns and the content of their relationships provide detailed information about relational behavior that can be an important complement of information on behavior provided by the traditional psycho-diagnostics. The authors use data on networks of 60 patients in 5 Terbeschikkingstelling groups and investigated how their relations are associated with three domains of risk-related psychosocial functioning; problem awareness, impulse control, and skills. All three domains were found to be associated with relational patterns, impulse control, and skills showing the strongest associations. Tables, references, and appendix (Published Abstract)