Role of Executive Dysfunction in Predicting Frequency and Severity of Violence
Role of Executive Dysfunction in Predicting Frequency and Severity of Violence
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DOI：
10.1002/ab.20353
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发表时间：
2010-09-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Hoaken, Peter N. S.
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作者：
Hancock, Megan;Tapscott, Jennifer L.;Hoaken, Peter N. S.
暴力对社会的不利后果是巨大的。因暴力犯罪而被监禁的罪犯比例很大，关押这些罪犯的成本令人吃惊。理解和处理暴力犯罪的因果基础对个人和整个社会都至关重要。有几个因素被认为是暴力犯罪的潜在诱因，包括执行功能的认知缺陷[Hoaken et al., 2007]。为了进一步调查，联邦机构芬布鲁克机构的77名罪犯接受了一系列执行功能测试。研究发现，罪犯在执行能力方面存在广泛而普遍的功能障碍。此外，使用回归技术找到了电池的具体分数，以预测过去暴力犯罪的频率和严重程度，而不是非暴力犯罪。这说明了一种新型矫正康复计划的可能性，这种计划的重点是基本执行功能的康复。Aggr。生物工程学报，36(6):338-349,2010。(C) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc。
The adverse consequences of violence on society are tremendous. The proportion of offenders incarcerated for violent offenses is large, and the cost of keeping these offenders incarcerated is startling. Understanding and treating the causal underpinnings of violent crime is of utmost importance for individuals and society as a whole. Several factors have been identified as potential contributors to violent crime, including cognitive deficits in executive functioning [Hoaken et al., 2007]. To investigate this further, 77 offenders from Fenbrook Institution, a federal facility, were tested on a battery of executive functioning measures. Offenders were found to have broad and pervasive dysfunction in their executive abilities. In addition, specific scores from the battery were found using regression techniques, to predict the frequency and severity of past violent offending but not nonviolent offending. This speaks of the possibility of a new type of correctional rehabilitation program, one that focuses on the rehabilitation of basic executive functions. Aggr. Behav. 36:338-349, 2010. (C) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.