“This is one of the first criminological studies to look specifically at the relationship between homicidal ideation and criminal behavior.”
Policy implications and treatment
It’s been shown that 5 to 10 percent of offenders commit half of all crimes, DeLisi said. They also account for 60 to 100 percent of the most severe offenses, including crimes of violence and violence against law enforcement and corrections officers. Identifying these chronic offenders can have a significant impact on protecting the public from further crimes because probation officers can assign additional treatment and monitoring to these cases.
“DeLisi says most of these offenders are psychopaths who are unlikely to be rehabilitated without sustained, intensive treatment. However, treatment is often unsuccessful because of the time and resources required.
“It’s important to understand these offenders because they commit so many more severe crimes, which allows you to do more from a policy perspective,” DeLisi said. “Many of these offenders should probably never be released from confinement, and we may need to rethink sentencing guidelines for these individuals.”
DeLisi believes these offenders may require a “containment” approach used to supervise sex offenders in the community, with the premise that protection of society, not rehabilitation of the offender, is the prominent goal.”
Good quote. We actually know next to nothing about how to rehabilitate offenders with high psychopathy scores. Conventional talk therapy, which is still used for most offenders, seems to be counterproductive for them, while a “tough on crime” approach focused on deterrence, strict monitoring and isolation from the surrounding community actually works unusually well. Other incentive-focused approaches—essentially, providing enrichment (education, training etc.) to at-risk subgroups, in order to heavily incent them into lawful activities and deter criminal behavior—also have good potential, but are very expensive.
“This is one of the first criminological studies to look specifically at the relationship between homicidal ideation and criminal behavior.”
Policy implications and treatment
It’s been shown that 5 to 10 percent of offenders commit half of all crimes, DeLisi said. They also account for 60 to 100 percent of the most severe offenses, including crimes of violence and violence against law enforcement and corrections officers. Identifying these chronic offenders can have a significant impact on protecting the public from further crimes because probation officers can assign additional treatment and monitoring to these cases.
“DeLisi says most of these offenders are psychopaths who are unlikely to be rehabilitated without sustained, intensive treatment. However, treatment is often unsuccessful because of the time and resources required. “It’s important to understand these offenders because they commit so many more severe crimes, which allows you to do more from a policy perspective,” DeLisi said. “Many of these offenders should probably never be released from confinement, and we may need to rethink sentencing guidelines for these individuals.”
DeLisi believes these offenders may require a “containment” approach used to supervise sex offenders in the community, with the premise that protection of society, not rehabilitation of the offender, is the prominent goal.”
http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2017/01/12/homicideideation
Good quote. We actually know next to nothing about how to rehabilitate offenders with high psychopathy scores. Conventional talk therapy, which is still used for most offenders, seems to be counterproductive for them, while a “tough on crime” approach focused on deterrence, strict monitoring and isolation from the surrounding community actually works unusually well. Other incentive-focused approaches—essentially, providing enrichment (education, training etc.) to at-risk subgroups, in order to heavily incent them into lawful activities and deter criminal behavior—also have good potential, but are very expensive.