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Offenders Referred to a Learning Disability Service: A Retrospective Study from One County
Author(s) -
Thomas D. H.,
Singh T. H.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
british journal of learning disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 1354-4187
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1995.tb00156.x
Subject(s) - learning disability , referral , accommodation , retrospective cohort study , unit (ring theory) , psychiatry , community service , psychology , medicine , family medicine , mathematics education , public relations , neuroscience , political science
A retrospective study of all the offenders with learning disabilities referred to a community based out‐patient clinic serving one county over a seven‐year period was performed. Information was collected regarding degree of learning disability, presence of additional mental disorder, type of offence committed and living conditions at the time of referral. Follow up over a subsequent three‐year period was also performed retrospectively and covered areas such as treatment, reoffending, hospitalisation and present accommodation. Some of the implications of the findings are discussed and it is argued that a community based out‐patient clinic supported by a small in‐patient unit cannot cope with all offenders with learning disabilities.