2008
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038260
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Die Maßregel der Sicherungsverwahrung: Empirische Befunde zu den Insassen und der psychiatrischen Gutachtenpraxis

Abstract: Expert testimonies and judges of 224 lawsuits of the years 1991 to 2001, who lead to the order of Preventive Detention in the German federal states of Bavaria, Brandenburg, Northrhine Westfalia and Saxony were analysed. Offenders with the order of Preventive Detention have mostly committed violent and/or sexual offences. Nearly two third of the inmates show personality traits with relevance for psychiatry or even personality disorders. Thus the discrimination between forensic psychiatric measurements and preve… Show more

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“…Similar to former studies in the prison of Aix la Chapelle and the analysis of expert testimonies leading to the order of preventive detention, which were observed by our group (Habermeyer et al, 2008(Habermeyer et al, , 2009, the majority of the Straubing inmates could be assigned relevant personality traits or psychiatric diagnoses using the DSM-IV classification (APA, 1994). In view of the high prevalence of mental disorders in prison populations (Fazel & Danesh, 2002), however, this was not surprising.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
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“…Similar to former studies in the prison of Aix la Chapelle and the analysis of expert testimonies leading to the order of preventive detention, which were observed by our group (Habermeyer et al, 2008(Habermeyer et al, , 2009, the majority of the Straubing inmates could be assigned relevant personality traits or psychiatric diagnoses using the DSM-IV classification (APA, 1994). In view of the high prevalence of mental disorders in prison populations (Fazel & Danesh, 2002), however, this was not surprising.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
“…This influence mainly exists for offenders with a history of severe violence. Such offenders constitute more than 80% of the inmates in preventive detention (Habermeyer et al, 2008). This important subgroup of inmates who are in preventive detention shows significantly higher PCL-R-scores than those without severe violence.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Vielmehr zeigt die auswertung kriminalprognostischer gutachten, dass die empirischen befunde, auf denen die entwicklung von Prognoseinstrumenten basierte, zu wenig zur Kenntnis genommen werden. In Gutachten finden sich immer wieder auffallend wenige Pro-oder Kontraargumente für weiterbestehende gefähr-lichkeit, die sich an anerkannten risikovariablen für rück-falldelinquenz orientieren [22,23]. Viele gutachter scheinen nach wie vor eher intuitiv vorzugehen und vernachlässigen dabei nicht nur empirische risikofaktoren, sondern auch die auseinandersetzung mit der Persönlichkeit des exploranden und insbesondere mit seiner Motivation zu delinquieren.…”
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“…-störungen existieren in den aktuellen psychiatrischen Klassifikationssystemen iCD-10 [38] und DSM-iV [1] geeignete Begrifflichkeiten und diagnostische Vorgaben. nach den ergebnissen weiterer Studien unserer arbeitsgruppe [17,22,23,24] ist davon auszugehen, dass der weitaus überwiegende teil der gewalt-, aber auch der Sexualstraftäter in der Sicherungsverwahrung Persönlichkeitsauffälligkeiten (insbesondere dissoziale [38] bzw. antisoziale [1] Persönlichkeitsstörungen bzw.…”
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