RT Article
T1 Personality Disorder Traits, Trauma, and Risk in Perpetrators of Domestic Violence
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 64
IS 2/3
SP 147
OP 166
A1 Green, Kathleen
A1 Browne, Kevin
A2 Browne, Kevin
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1687157057
AB Crimes committed against partners and family members have devastating effects on victims. Unfortunately, recidivism rates for offenders are high, and there is a need to establish risk factors that may be potential treatment targets. This study aimed to investigate childhood maltreatment, symptoms of trauma, and personality disorder (PD) traits in males convicted of domestic violence (DV) offences. Data were extracted from the files of 40 males under the supervision of the probation service in the United Kingdom. Actual return to custody was recorded after a minimum follow-up of 6 months. Self-reported childhood maltreatment was associated with increases in PD traits, posttraumatic symptoms, and assessed risk. However, maltreatment did not predict return to custody. Tension-reducing behaviours and depressive symptoms predicted return to custody as did antisocial PD. These preliminary findings highlight important areas of future research, in particular, factors which may be relevant treatment targets in reducing the risk of recidivism.
K1 Reoffending
K1 Recidivism
K1 Child Abuse
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 Risk
K1 Personality Disorder
K1 childhood adversity
K1 Trauma
K1 Domestic Violence
K1 Domestic violence
K1 Childhood adversity
K1 Personality disorder risk
K1 Intimate partner violence
K1 Child abuse
DO 10.1177/0306624X19826516