Relationship between expressions of aggression and individual characteristics in correctional settings: A path analysis

Burneo-Garcés, Carlos; Marín‐Morales, Agar; Pérez-Garcı́a, Miguel

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.04.042

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“…These researchers clarified the causes and conditions of crime, identified the legal and psychological features of criminal behavior and the general principles of their correction of convicts. Scientists have proved that the significance of studying the problems of resocialization in penitentiary institutions and the further adaptation of the released in society is due to the growing number of social problems associated with the maladaptive behavior of such persons (Burneo-Garcés et al, 2021;. Living in a closed environment complicates for the released persons the formation of the skills necessary for the effective functioning in society, such persons need to adopt and implement special social programs to prepare for independent living after imprisonment release.…”

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Polish Psychological Bulletin

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Berezhnytska

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Currently the recidivism rate in Ukraine. This indicates failure to achieve the goal of punishment -correction of the convict. The purpose of the article is to research the problems of resocialization of convicts, taking into consideration the psychological characteristics of the person serving the sentence. The subject of research: the subject of research is the resocialization of convicts. The following scientific methods were used to study the international experience of resocialization of convicts, to prove the hypotheses, to formulate conclusions: dialectical method, monographic method, logical method, comparative method, generalization method, system and structural method. The results of the research: it was found out that serving a certain term of imprisonment or life imprisonment affects convicts and leads to a change in their psychology in completely different ways. It is proved that the process of resocialization should be set up during the selection of convict's type and size of punishment (taking into account the circumstances of the case, the perpetrator personality and criminogenic risks that may contribute to recidivism), continue during punishment (using training, work and communication, and providing psychological support to overcome possible psychological crises) and finish after the release from penitentiary institutions (with control over the released, employment assistance or the provision of temporary residence).

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Assessing thermal comfort in urban squares in humid subtropical climate: A structural equation modelling approach

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Rajasekar

2023

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Offenders and non-offenders with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Do they really differ in known risk factors for aggression?

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IntroductionIndividuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) have an elevated risk for aggressive behavior, and several factors contributing to this risk have been identified, e. g. comorbid substance use disorders. From this knowledge, it could be inferred that offender patients show a higher expression of said risk factors than non-offender patients. Yet, there is a lack of comparative studies between those two groups, and findings gathered from one of the two are not directly applicable to the other due to numerous structural differences. The aim of this study therefore was to identify key differences in offender patients and non-offender patients regarding aggressive behavior through application of supervised machine learning, and to quantify the performance of the model.MethodsFor this purpose, we applied seven different (ML) algorithms on a dataset comprising 370 offender patients and a comparison group of 370 non-offender patients, both with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder.ResultsWith a balanced accuracy of 79.9%, an AUC of 0.87, a sensitivity of 77.3% and a specificity of 82.5%, gradient boosting emerged as best performing model and was able to correctly identify offender patients in over 4/5 the cases. Out of 69 possible predictor variables, the following emerged as the ones with the most indicative power in distinguishing between the two groups: olanzapine equivalent dose at the time of discharge from the referenced hospitalization, failures during temporary leave, being born outside of Switzerland, lack of compulsory school graduation, out- and inpatient treatment(s) prior to the referenced hospitalization, physical or neurological illness as well as medication compliance.DiscussionInterestingly, both factors related to psychopathology and to the frequency and expression of aggression itself did not yield a high indicative power in the interplay of variables, thus suggesting that while they individually contribute to aggression as a negative outcome, they are compensable through certain interventions. The findings contribute to our understanding of differences between offenders and non-offenders with SSD, showing that previously described risk factors of aggression may be counteracted through sufficient treatment and integration in the mental health care system.

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Relationship between expressions of aggression and individual characteristics in correctional settings: A path analysis

Cited by 3 publications

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Polish Psychological Bulletin

Polish Psychological Bulletin

Assessing thermal comfort in urban squares in humid subtropical climate: A structural equation modelling approach

Offenders and non-offenders with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Do they really differ in known risk factors for aggression?

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