Violent Disorder in UK Law
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Mental disorder and violent crime: A problematic relationship
This article discusses the problems inherent in demonstrating the relationships between mentally-disordered states and crimes of violence. Particular mental states a...
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Making Up Gangs: Looping, Labelling and the New Politics of Intelligence-led Policing
The 2011 ‘summer of violent disorder’ in England cast a spotlight on the often arbitrary and uneven process through which individuals become labelled as ‘gang-members’. Based on data from two separ...... ... Fraser and Colin AtkinsonAbstractThe 2011 summer of violent disorder in England cast a spotlight on the often arbitrary and uneven ... ...
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Civilian crime during the British and American occupation of Western Germany, 1945–1946: Analyses of military government court records
The post-World War II occupation of western Germany remains salient to developing theories of post-war crime, insurgency, and policing during post-conflict reconstruction. Yet there are no quantita...... ... is a relatively robust consensus that social and governmental disorder led to prolonged violent criminality, the picture for the western US and ... ...
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The 2003 Licensing Act's impact on crime and disorder
The Licensing Act 2003, coming into force in November 2005 in England and Wales, abolished set licensing hours for pubs and clubs. The aim was to liberalize a rigid ...... ... Thus the average national increase in opening hours wassmall. Alcohol consumption showed a slight fall. There was noobvious impact on violent crime and disorder, according to a rangeof measures, including crime statistics, victim surveys and medicalstatistics. These results are not ... ...
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Understanding violent extremism: Socio-demographic, criminal and psychopathological background characteristics of detainees residing in Dutch terrorism wings
In the past decades, Europe has been shocked repeatedly by terrorist crimes. This has led to an influx of suspects and convicts of terrorism in the prison system. The aim of this study is to provid...... ... Thijssen et al. 291had previously been convicted of ordinary crimes and a third suffered from a mental disorder. To gain more insight into violent extremists, additional research is needed into motivational and other risk factors. The latter is a necessary step ... ...
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Understanding violent extremism: Socio-demographic, criminal and psychopathological background characteristics of detainees residing in Dutch terrorism wings
In the past decades, Europe has been shocked repeatedly by terrorist crimes. This has led to an influx of suspects and convicts of terrorism in the prison system. The aim of this study is to provid...... ... Thijssen et al. 291had previously been convicted of ordinary crimes and a third suffered from a mental disorder. To gain more insight into violent extremists, additional research is needed into motivational and other risk factors. The latter is a necessary step ... ...
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ASD, OCD and violence – a forensic case study
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the formulation and psychological treatment of a complex case whereby a combination of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and obsessive compulsive di...... ... of acomplex case whereby a combination of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and obsessive compulsivedisorder(OCD) has resulted in violent and ... ...
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The characteristics and treatment needs of fire setters with intellectual disability: descriptive data and comparisons between offence type
Purpose: Fire setters who have an intellectual disability (ID) are often identified as posing a particular danger to the community although relatively little is known about their characteristics, t...... ... facilities in the UK who have either an index offence of arson, a violent indexoffence or a sexual index offence.Findings –Index arson offenders ... offendingand a high likelihood of having a comorbid mental disorder. There were many shared characteristics acrossthe three groups.Practical ... ...
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Sexual offender treatment outcomes among psychopathy subtypes
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine sexual offender treatment responses as a function of psychopathy subtype. Design/methodology/approach: Measures of sexual violence risk, treatment ...... ... The aggressive subtypehad higher rates of violent and general recidivism and higher frequencies of major mental disorder ... ...
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Differentiating between pathological demand avoidance and antisocial personality disorder: a case study
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the different clinical features of pathological demand avoidance (PDA) and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) presented in the form of a single ...... ... However, thesebehaviours may also be suggestive of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and non-compliance that arepart of PDA. Violent behaviours and aggression can also be perceived in a similar way. Misdiagnosisof PDA as ASPD reduces the efficiency of treatment ... ...
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