Table 1.

Variables associated with criminal recidivism during the follow‐up.

Before	Beginning	Process	End	Follow‐up
Young age at first crime	Mental and behavioral disorder due to psychoactive substance use	Gradual release abuses	Type of discharge	No specified housing situation at follow‐up
Early onset of mental disorder		Outbreaks	Ratings of treatment outcome	Being not abstinent from psychoactive substances since discharge
Previous forensic treatments		Assaults against staff		Inpatient readmission
		Criminal act during forensic treatment		Course of outpatient treatment
				Course of mental disorder

Variables relate either to the time before the current forensic treatment, the beginning, the process, the end of it, or the follow‐up period.