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Abstract: 

Our regular review of the research literature this issue addresses an attempt to determine whether and to what degree intellectual disability may be a factor contributing to criminal behavior. In “Comparison of Intellectually Disabled Offenders With a Combined History of Sexual Offenses and Other Offenses Versus Intellectually Disabled Offenders Without a History of Sexual Offenses on Dynamic Client and Environmental Factors” by K.J.H.M. van den Bogaard, P.J.C.M. Embregts, A.H.C. Hendriks, & H. Heestermans (in 34 Res. in Dev. Disabilities 3226-34l) the study team found some differences in impulse control and alcohol and drug use between individuals with ID who had committed sex offenses and those who had no record of sex offending, findings somewhat at odds with previous studies that did not find a difference in impulse control.

Keywords: intellectual disability and sex offending

Affiliations:  1: NYU Law School.