Disentangling the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder, criminogenic risk, and criminal history among veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is positively associated with involvement in the criminal justice system among veterans. Research that examines whether this association is confounded by risk factors ("criminogenic needs") from the risk-need-responsivity model of correctional rehabilitation can inform risk management with this population.

Hypotheses

We hypothesized that (a) veterans with probable PTSD would score higher on all criminogenic needs than veterans without PTSD and (b) probable PTSD would be associated with criminal history but not after accounting for criminogenic needs.

Method

We conducted secondary analyses of data from 341 veterans (95.3% male; 57.8% White/non-Hispanic/Latinx; M_age = 46.2 years) with a history of criminal justic

SUBMITTER: Blonigen DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10575688 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature