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What Violent Offenders Remember of their Crime: Empirical Explorations ∗

Evans, Ceri·2006·Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
DOI 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2006.01833.x
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Abstract

Little systematic evidence is available about how violent offenders remember and think about their violent crimes. The general aim of this article is to selectively review a range of different ‘types’ of memory disturbance and their risk factors, in an attempt to draw together different strands of research concerning memories of offending that might usefully be considered together for clinical purposes. A selective review of psychiatric or psychological studies related to amnesia, intrusive memories, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), ruminations, and pleasurable memories was performed. The body of research on amnesia in relation to violent crime is relatively small and is subject to significant limitations. The empirical base of studies identifying intrusive memories arising from violent crime is also very limited, with no previous published study primarily focusing on description of the form and content of intrusive memories related to acts of violence in a population of violent offenders. A small number of studies have investigated PTSD directly arising from the commission of a violent or sexual crime, in those with mental illness. No published studies that investigated the presence of ruminations related to violent offending were identified. No systematic comparative studies were identified that described the form and content that positive memories of non-sexual violence might take. Relevant phenomenological reports from extreme populations raise concerns about selection bias. A memory-based approach to eliciting descriptions of violent offending may elicit clinical information relevant to violence risk assessment and therapeutic interventions within forensic settings.

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Authors
Evans, C.
Affiliations
The Medlicott Academic Unit of Forensic Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry Services, Hillmorton Hospital, Private Bag, 4733, Christchurch, New Zealand
Corresponding author
Evans, Ceri
Venue
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2006-06
Volume
40
Issue
6-7
Pages
508-518
ISSN
  • 0004-8674 (ISSN-L)
  • 1440-1614
DOI
10.1080/j.1440-1614.2006.01833.x
OpenAlex
W2021767259
Cited by
25
References
66
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 4
FWCI
2.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
Keywords
violent offenders, memory impairment, amnesia, intrusive memories, post-traumatic stress disorder, rumination, violent offending, sexual offending, violence risk assessment, forensic psychiatry, selection bias
MeSH terms
Amnesia, Crime, Humans, Memory, Recurrence, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Violence, Empirical Research

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