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Abstract
Background: Trajectory analysis has been used to study long-term offending patterns and identify offender subgroups, but few such studies have included people with psychotic disorders (PDs) and these have been restricted to adult offenders. Aims: To compare offending trajectories among 10–26-year-olds with PDs with those with other mental disorders (OMDs) or none (NMD) and identify associated risk factors. Methods: This is a record-linkage study of 184,147 people born in Western Australia (WA) 1983–1991, drawing on data from WA mental health information system, WA corrective services and other state-wide registers. Group-based trajectory modelling was used to identify offending trajectories. Results: Four offender groups were identified in each mental health status group: G1–no/negligible offending; G2–early onset, adolescent, desisting by age 18; G3–early onset, low rate, offending into early adulthood; and G4–very early onset, high rate, peaking at age 17, continuing into early adulthood. The PDs group had the lowest proportion of individuals with no or negligible offending histories—84% compared with 88.5% in the OMDs group and 96.6% in the no mental disorder group. Within mental health status offender groups, the PDs group was characterised by early or very early onset offending persisting into adulthood, accounting for 5.4% and 3.7% of the group respectively (OMD: 3.8%, 1.5%; NMD: 1.0%, 0.5%). Gender, indigenous status, substance use problems, childhood abuse and parental offending were generally associated with trajectory group membership, although among those with PDs childhood abuse and parental offending were only significant in the early onset-life-course-persistent group. Conclusions: While most people with PDs never offend, some are disproportionately vulnerable from a particularly early age. If the offending subgroup is to be helped away from criminal justice involvement, interventions must be considered in childhood.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 231-247 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 17 Jun 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2021 |
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Impact of social adversity on the developmental trajectory to mental illness: A study of a whole population cohort of children at familial high-risk for psychotic disorders
Morgan, V. (Investigator 01), Jablensky, A. (Investigator 02), McNeil, T. (Investigator 03) & Bjork, J. (Investigator 04)
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
1/01/15 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Life Course Trajectories & Neuropsychiatric Outcomes in an E-Cohort of High Risk Children of Mothers with Psychosis
Jablensky, A. (Investigator 01), Morgan, F. (Investigator 02), McNeil, T. (Investigator 03), Abel, K. (Investigator 04) & Morgan, V. (Investigator 05)
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
1/01/11 → 31/12/13
Project: Research
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458702 - Children of Parents with Mental Illness: a Population-based Study
Jablensky, A. (Chief Investigator) & Morgan, V. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/07 → 31/12/09
Project: Research