Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour: Volume 11 Issue 2

Evaluating neuropsychologically informed rehabilitation training for staff within a high secure intellectual disability service

Phyllis Annesley, Zoe Hamilton, Roisin Galway, Samantha Akiens, Rachel Hicks, Martin Clarke

Neuropsychologically informed rehabilitation (NIR) is one approach to supporting people with intellectual disabilities, cognitive impairment and challenging behaviour. This study…

Autism spectrum disorder, bestiality and zoophilia: a systematic PRISMA review

Clare Sarah Allely

There remains a lack of knowledge surrounding paraphilic or deviant arousal sexual behaviours in individuals with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (Kellaher, 2015). The purpose of…

Inpatient aggression in forensic psychiatric patients with autism spectrum disorder: the role of risk and protective factors

Rianne Bosch, Farid Chakhssi, Ko Hummelen

Patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are overrepresented in forensic samples. However, research on risk assessment in forensic patients with ASD is scarce. The purpose of…

Causal attribution and coping with classmates’ isolation and humiliation in young adults with mild intellectual disability

Paweł Kurtek

The purpose of this study is to consider the role of causal attribution of isolation and humiliation from classmates in the coping of young people with mild intellectual…

Learning disability training and probation officer knowledge

Margaret Townsend, Jayne Henry, Rachel R. Holt

Knowledge about learning disabilities has found to be limited in both health and social care staff. To improve the treatment of individuals with learning disabilities and mental…