2004
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-004-0470-9
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Psychometric and psychopathological characterization of young male prison inmates with and without attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Abstract: There is considerable evidence that attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with conduct problems, social maladaptation and delinquent behavior. The "Ottweiler Study" was performed to elaborate the prevalence of ADHD and comorbid disorders in 129 young adult detainees of the juvenile prison of Ottweiler (Germany) according to DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria. Here we report psychopathological characteristics of 28 inmates, who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for persisting ADHD, and 37 indivi… Show more

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“…The high variety of findings might be due to the different populations investigated, different criminal law systems, differences regarding the mean age of study populations and diagnostic procedures. In a German study with young adult incarcerated male offenders, the prevalence of ADHD according to DSM-IV was 45% (Rösler et al 2004;Retz et al 2004a). In middle-aged incarcerated women, a prevalence of 10% was found ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The high variety of findings might be due to the different populations investigated, different criminal law systems, differences regarding the mean age of study populations and diagnostic procedures. In a German study with young adult incarcerated male offenders, the prevalence of ADHD according to DSM-IV was 45% (Rösler et al 2004;Retz et al 2004a). In middle-aged incarcerated women, a prevalence of 10% was found ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…ADHD is associated with offending from a young age (Retz et al, 2004;Vitelli, 1996), and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD are four to five times more likely to have been arrested than controls (Satterfield, Swanson, Schell, & Lee, 1994). Studies conducted in youth offending institutions have estimated high rates of ADHD of 26.5% in Canada (Ulzen & Hamilton, 1998); 43% in England (Young et al, 2010); 50% in Finland (Haapasalo & Ha¨ma¨la¨inen, 1996), 68% in Sweden (Dalteg & Levander, 1998), 45% in Germany (Retz et al, 2004), and 76% in the USA (Timmons-Mitchell et al, The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology 73 1997).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The high prevalence of childhood (50%) 25 and ongoing adult (21.7%) 26 ADHD in prison populations, taken together with greater recidivism and violent behaviour in offenders who have ADHD, 27 might suggest a causal link between ADHD and criminality -perhaps because of high impulsivity. However, the association between childhood ADHD and later criminality is thought to be entirely dependent on the presence of comorbid childhood conduct disorder.…”
Section: Forensic Issues and Domestic Violencementioning
confidence: 99%