Examination of Psychosocial Factors in Offender and Non-Offender Army Populations by Combat Experience and Offense Type

Abstract

Background: The present study examines psychosocial characteristics in two main ways: first, through comparing offender and non-offender Soldiers with and without combat experience, and second, by contrasting military offenders of both violent and sexual crimes to other military offenders. Method: This study compared de-identified, archival prisoner data obtained from the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks (USDB) and data from U.S. Army Soldiers without criminal histories. The data collected from non-offender Soldiers paralleled the USDB intake and risk assessment battery completed by the offenders. It included assessments of intelligence, personality, personal and combat experience, aggression, psychopathy, suicide ideation, substance abuse, posttraumatic stress (PTS), and physiological data (heartrate and blood pressure).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 07, 2018
Accession Number
AD1083402

Entities

People

  • Amanda M. Hayes
  • Amanda M. Kelley
  • Colby Mathews
  • Norah Hass
  • Stephanie Traynham

Organizations

  • United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Brain
  • Brain Injuries
  • Cognitive Science
  • Criminals
  • Demography
  • Department Of Defense
  • Depression
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Population
  • Medical Personnel
  • Personality Disorders
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Sexual Assault
  • Stress (Physiology)
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Criminal Law
  • Mental Health of Military Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Risk Factors, Prevalence, Symptoms, and Treatment.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.