2021
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.643096
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Forensic-Psychiatric Risk Evaluations: Perspectives of Forensic Psychiatric Experts and Older Incarcerated Persons From Switzerland

Abstract: Background: Forensic-psychiatric risk assessments of persons in prisons aim to provide treatment for their mental health disorders to prevent risk of recidivism. Based on the outcomes of such evaluations, it is decided, for instance, whether the person can be released or be assigned to further treatment with or without privileges. A negative evaluation would mean that the assessed person must remain in prison or in a forensic institution until his or her mental health has improved to live safely in the communi… Show more

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“…detention designed to prevent further reoffending) and requires the offender to undergo treatment. Persons incarcerated under measures receive regular evaluations to assess if the treatment has had a positive effect and reduced dangerousness, a negative evaluation results in extended incarceration (Wangmo et al , 2021). A person can be incarcerated under Article 59 SCC, which is an in-patient therapeutic measure, where the goal is to treat the underlying mental illness associated with the crime.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…detention designed to prevent further reoffending) and requires the offender to undergo treatment. Persons incarcerated under measures receive regular evaluations to assess if the treatment has had a positive effect and reduced dangerousness, a negative evaluation results in extended incarceration (Wangmo et al , 2021). A person can be incarcerated under Article 59 SCC, which is an in-patient therapeutic measure, where the goal is to treat the underlying mental illness associated with the crime.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Devynck’s study however shows that psychological/psychiatric (risk) assessments may bring integration to a halt or at least slow it down significantly. Not surprisingly, incarcerated individuals tend to find these reports unfair and unacceptable (Devynck, 2021; Wangmo et al, 2021). The fact that some offenders are too dangerous to return to society is not questioned.…”
Section: Professional Perspectives: Professional Standards and Good P...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…If diagnoses are established at entry into the prison system, they should be revisited over time. Misdiagnoses (i.e., false positives or false negatives) cannot be completely avoided, due to, for instance, but certainly not limited to, reliance on the unstructured clinical judgment of the assessor (Garb, 2005), subjectivity inherent to psychiatric/psychological judgments (Garb, 2005; Wangmo et al, 2021), and the use of less reliable and valid assessment tools (Habets et al, 2015; Singh et al, 2011). Assessment errors may also be related to fluctuations in test performance, the examiner’s behavior, and in the examinee’s cooperation.…”
Section: Professional Perspectives: Professional Standards and Good P...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Switzerland, there have been frequent appeals for quality control in forensic psychiatric/psychological risk assessments from both psychiatric [14,15] and legal sides [16]. Nonetheless, a structured literature search for a systematic review on the quality of forensic psychiatric reports in criminal law yielded no results for Switzerland, in contrast to results for Germany [17][18][19][20][21][22][23].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%