Predicting violent infractions in a Swiss state penitentiary: a replication study of the PCL-R in a population of sex and violent offendersJerome Endrass
Psychiatric Psychological Service, Criminal Justice System, Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
BMC Psychiatry 8:74. 2008
..Results seem to indicate that the instrument is better suited for predicting verbal rather than physical aggression of prison inmates...
Accuracy of the static-99 in predicting recidivism in SwitzerlandJerome Endrass
Psychiatric Psychological Service, Zurich, Switzerland
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 53:482-90. 2009
..Recidivism was operationalized as reconviction assessed from penal records. The Static-99 risk levels were predictive for recidivism (AUC = .758) among our population. The results are discussed on the basis of the literature...
- Internet-based self-assessment after the Tsunami: lessons learned
Stefan Vetter
Centre for Disaster and Military Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Militaerstrasse 8, Zurich, Switzerland
BMC Public Health 11:18. 2011
..The objective of the study was to report the lessons learnt that were made using an Internet-based, self-screening instrument after a large-scale disaster and to discuss its outreach and usefulness...
- Women convicted for violent offenses: adverse childhood experiences, low level of education and poor mental health
Astrid Rossegger
Psychiatric Psychological Service, Criminal Justice System, Canton of Zurich, Feldstrasse 42, Zurich, 8090, Switzerland
BMC Psychiatry 9:81. 2009
..The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of female violent offending in a Swiss offender population and to compare possible socio-demographic and offense-related gender differences...
- Exposure to the tsunami disaster, PTSD symptoms and increased substance use - an Internet based survey of male and female residents of Switzerland
Stefan Vetter
Centre for Disaster and Military Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
BMC Public Health 8:92. 2008
..The aim of this study was to evaluate the influences between self-declared increased substance use in the aftermath of the tsunami disaster, trauma exposure and current PTSD symptoms...
Posttraumatic stress disorder in a Swiss offender populationFrank Urbaniok
Psychiatric Psychological Service, Zurich Department of Justice, Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Med Wkly 137:151-6. 2007
..Lifetime prevalence varies between 33% and 36%, and point prevalence between 17% and 21%. The aim of this study was to examine whether these findings are applicable to offenders detained in Switzerland...
- The prediction of criminal recidivism: the implication of sampling in prognostic models
Frank Urbaniok
Psychiatric Psychological Service, Zurich Department of Justice, Zurich, Switzerland
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 257:129-34. 2007
..The aim of this study was to examine how sensitive prognostic models are to the calibration sample...
- The consumption of Internet child pornography and violent and sex offending
Jerome Endrass
Department of Justice, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
BMC Psychiatry 9:43. 2009
..The aim of this study was to examine the recidivism rates for hands-on and hands-off sex offenses in a sample of child pornography users using a 6 year follow-up design...
- Using the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG) to predict in-prison aggressive behavior in a Swiss offender population
Jerome Endrass
Criminal Justice System, Psychiatric Psychological Service, Zurich, Switzerland
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 52:81-9. 2008
..The implications of these findings for institutional risk management and the future development of intramural detection of participants at risk in the German-speaking part of Europe are discussed...
- Are behavioral problems in childhood and adolescence associated with bipolar disorder in early adulthood?
Jerome Endrass
Psychiatric Psychological Service, Crime Prevention Research Unit, Feldstrasse 42, 8090 Zurich, Switzerland
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 257:217-21. 2007
..6-3.5 times more likely to experience a bipolar II disorder than those with no indication of conduct problems. Sensitivity analysis showed that the conduct problems were not the result of low socio-economic status...
- Violent and sexual offences: a validation of the predictive quality of the PCL:SV in Switzerland
Frank Urbaniok
Psychiatric Psychological Service, Zurich Justice Department, Postfach, CH 8090 Zurich, Switzerland
Int J Law Psychiatry 30:147-52. 2007
..69). This degree of accuracy demonstrates the PCL:SV's usefulness for risk assessment of sexual and violent delinquency in the Swiss cultural and German language area...
- Risk assessment instruments in repeat offending: the usefulness of FOTRES
Astrid Rossegger
Criminal Justice System, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 55:716-31. 2011
..A comprehensive evaluation of an instrument's usefulness for forensic practice should also look at qualitative criteria such as area of application, specificity of risk assessed, and inclusion of dynamic items among others...
- Neurobiological determinism: human freedom of choice and criminal responsibility
Frank Urbaniok
Psychiatric Psychological Service, Department of Justice, Zurich, Switzerland
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 56:174-90. 2012
..The principle of relative determinism and the analysis of the offender's behavior at the time of the offense thus remain the central and cogent approach to the assessment of criminal responsibility...
- Current obstacles in replicating risk assessment findings: a systematic review of commonly used actuarial instruments
Astrid Rossegger
Molde University College, Institute of Health Sciences, Molde, Norway Department of Justice, Psychiatric Psychological Service, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
Behav Sci Law 31:154-64. 2013
..Additional replication studies that follow the methodological protocols outlined in actuarial instruments' development studies are needed before claims of generalizability can be made. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd...
- Investment in online self-evaluation tests: A theoretical approach
Francesco de Gara
Centre for Disaster and Military Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
J Trauma Manag Outcomes 2:3. 2008
..Screening and monitoring the affected population might be one such area to optimize the charges...
- The effects of economic deprivation on psychological well-being among the working population of Switzerland
Stefan Vetter
Center for Disaster and Military Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
BMC Public Health 6:223. 2006
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