Neuropsychological Assessment of Adult Offenders

Autor/inn/en	Marceau, Roger; Meghani, Rehana; Reddon, John R.
Titel	Neuropsychological Assessment of Adult Offenders
Quelle	In: Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 47 (2008) 1-2, S.41-73 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-9674
Schlagwörter	Neurological Impairments; Hyperactivity; Behavior Disorders; Identification; Patients; Neuropsychology; Criminals; Diagnostic Tests; Control Groups; Psychiatry; Measures (Individuals); Cognitive Processes; Verbal Ability; Attention Deficit Disorders; At Risk Persons; Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Hyperaktivität; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Patient; Neuropsychologie; Straftäter; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Psychiatrie; Messdaten; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Mündliche Leistung; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Risikogruppe; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	This report is primarily concerned with reporting on the normative results obtained on a large sample of serious adult offenders. An expanded Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery was administered to 584 adult offenders (OF), 132 normal controls (NC), and 494 acute psychiatric patients (PP). Subjects were between 18 and 44 years of age. Descriptive statistics for all neuropsychological measures are reported. Impairment analyses indicate substantial neuropsychological impairment in the OF and PP groups, especially on measures of executive function and verbal capacities. The neuropsychology of the prefrontal cortex and of Attentional Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Conduct Disorder is reviewed. This review, in the context of the present findings, supports a working hypothesis that the executive deficits and behavioral disinhibition of offenders represent heterotypic continuities of brain dysfunction among some children with disruptive behavior disorders. Implications for research, the potential of neuropsychology for offenders, and the early identification and remediation of high-risk children are discussed. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10