Association of intellectual disability with violent and sexual crime and victimization: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intellectual disability (ID) is associated with violent and sexual offending and victimization, but the importance of neuropsychiatric comorbidity and severity of disability remains unclear.

Methods

In a register-based cohort study of people born in Sweden 1980-1991 (n = 1 232 564), we investigated associations of mild and moderate/severe ID with any, violent and sexual crimes, and with assault victimization, stratified by comorbid autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We defined ID by attendance at a special school or registered diagnosis and obtained data on criminal convictions and injuries or deaths due to assaults from nationwide registers until end of 2013.

Results

Compared to people without ID, autism or ADHD, men and women with

SUBMITTER: Latvala A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10317804 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature