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Thirty male adolescent sex offenders and 20 age-matched male adolescents completed an extensive battery of attention and executive function tests. Controls were obtained from adolescents from a socially and economically deprived background, typical of the offending group. The attention battery was based on Mirksy, Anthony, Duncan, Ahearn, and Kellam (1991) and the executive function battery on Kelly (2000a). Successful matching for IQ was not achieved and therefore ANCOVA comparisons were made between the groups, with IQ as the covariate. In attention a highly significant difference was found on the focus-execute factor and a significant difference on the shift factor. In executive function there was a highly significant difference only on the response speed factor. In all cases better abilities were demonstrated by the control group. The importance of thorough neuropsychological investigation in the clinical assessment of this forensic group is supported. The clinical implications of neuropsychological deficits in terms of risk assessment and clinical management are discussed.
Author(s): Kelly T, Richardson G, Hunter R, Knapp M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Child Neuropsychology
Year: 2002
Volume: 8
Issue: 2
Pages: 138-143
Print publication date: 09/08/2010
ISSN (print): 0929-7049
ISSN (electronic): 1744-4136
Publisher: Psychology Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1076/chin.8.2.138.8722
DOI: 10.1076/chin.8.2.138.8722
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