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Alissa Schlote, Carleton University (aschlote@me.com)There is ambiguous research on the role of mental disorder in increasing risk for offending andfailure after release to the community. This may be due to mental disorder being related tospecific offence patterns and not to offending in general. In this study two groups of mentallydisordered offenders, those newly admitted to prison and those being returned to custody afterrelease to the community, were compared to groups of non-disordered offenders in terms of theiroffence history, crime types and offence characteristics. The results from the research revealedthat mentally disordered offenders and non-disordered offenders differ significantly on an arrayof factors that suggest at least some of their criminal behaviour is linked to their mental healthproblemsMale Depression and Domestic Homicides: Recognizing Risk Factors fromDomestic Violence Death ReviewsAnna-Lee Straatman, University of Western Ontario (astraat2@uwo.ca)Peter Jaffe, University of Western Ontario (pjaffe@uwo.ca)Marcie Campbell, Domestic Violence Death Review Committee, Toronto, Canada(mhcampbe@yahoo.com)This paper reviews the role of depression in male perpetrators of domestic violence and domestichomicide. The authors summarized the findings and recommendations from 25 DomesticViolence Death Review Committees (DVDRCs) from across the U.S. and Canada regardingdepression and its link to domestic violence and homicide. The findings suggest that maledepression is often overlooked as a warning sign for homicide. Although mental healthprofessionals often screen for suicidal ideation, homicidal thoughts and rumination over murdersuicideare rarely addressed. The implications and recommendations are grouped into six majorthemes: 1) education and awareness; 2) training; 3) screening and assessment; 4) interventions;5) firearms; and 6) research and investigations of domestic homicide/suicides.Criminogenic Needs in Sex Offenders: What Have Years of ActuarialAssessment Research Taught us about the Critical Targets of EffectiveCorrectional Treatment?Howard Barbaree, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene, ON, Canada(howardbarbaree@bellnet.ca)Over the last 25 years, the development of actuarial instruments to assess sex offender risk forrecidivism has been accomplished through empirical studies of the relation between actuarial351