Table 2.
Assessment/procedure | Details |
Demographic and criminographic information | Age, ethnicity, marital status, children, education, employment, accommodation, incarceration history, institution history (eg, juvenile detention centre, special school). |
Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11)36 | 30-item questionnaire that assesses three subtypes of trait impulsiveness: attentional impulsiveness, motor impulsiveness and non-planning impulsiveness. |
State Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-2)37 | 57-item questionnaire that records subjective levels of anger in different situations including currently, in general and general behaviour when angry. |
Anger, Irritability and Assault Questionnaire (AIAQ)38 | 42-item questionnaire that records subjective levels of anger, irritability and aggression in the past 2 weeks. |
Short-Form-12 (SF-12)39 | 12-item questionnaire that provides a validated index of subjectively perceived quality of life. |
Duke Social Support Index (DSSI)40 | 11-item questionnaire that provides a validated index of the degree of social support available to the participant. |
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT-11)61 | Provides a measure of reading ability. |
Psychiatric assessment | Assesses mental health and enquires about psychiatric history, history of suicide and self-harm, and sexual history. |
Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI; post-traumatic stress disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, social phobia, antisocial personality disorder, obsessive–compulsive disorder, panic disorder only)62 | Provides an index of levels of anxiety, and personality disorder over a defined interval of time prior to the interview. |
International Personality Disorders Examination (IPDE)63 |
Assesses impulsive personality disorder, dissocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder. |
Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II)43 | 21-item questionnaire that enquires about symptoms over the past week to measure the severity of depression. |
Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K-10)44 | 10-item questionnaire intended to yield a global measure of distress based on questions about anxiety and depressive symptoms in past 4 weeks. |
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)42 |
Measures alcohol consumption in the previous 12 months. Indicates safe, harmful and hazardous alcohol use. |
Substance use | Provides information on alcohol and drug use history. Questions derived from the 2001 New South Wales inmate health survey.41 |
Eysenck Impulsivity Questionnaire (EIQ)64 | 54-item questionnaire that assesses impulsive personality. |
Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R)49 | Measures offender risks and needs. Predictive of recidivism. |
Self-reported offending* | Enquires about whether a criminal act or offence has been committed in the past 8 weeks, and if so, details about the offence(s). |
Sniffin’ Sticks (16-item version)65 | This is used to examine for anosmia (loss of sense of smell), a possible proxy for prefrontal cortex damage. |
Barnes’ Akathisia Rating Scale (BARS)60 | A rating scale to assess drug-induced akathisia. |
Compliance monitoring | Provides a self-reported number of days per week, on average, that the participant ingested the study medication. |
*Subject to mandatory reporting under s316 of the NSW Crimes Act 1900.66