Christopher Koegl

Clare Hall

Assessing the criminal justice and health care outcomes of conduct-problem children using structured professional judgment risk assessment tools

The study examines the association between childhood risk factors for future antisocial behaviour and future criminal contacts and health service utilization.  The central research questions are: (1) Is there a positive relationship between risk assessment scores and frequency of criminal convictions and health service utilization?  (2) How are risk assessment scores associated with general health versus mental health service contacts?  (3) Is the relationship the same for boys and girls?  (4) Can a statistical relationship between risk factors and cost to the system be demonstrated?  This dissertation seeks to answer these questions by using clinical information to derive risk assessment predictor scores (as measured by the Early Assessment Risk Lists, or EARL-20B and EARL-21G for boys and girls, respectively), official police records to measure criminality, and official provincial health system data captured over a nine-year follow-up period.

Start Date: 2007/09.

End Date: 2010/08.

2007 – 2011       Doctor of Philosophy (Candidate)

                           University of Cambridge, Institute of Criminology

 

1995 – 1997       Master of Arts

                           University of Toronto, Centre of Criminology

 

1988 – 1993       Honours Bachelor of Science (with distinction)

                           University of Toronto, Experimental Social Psychology

1. The assessment of risk factors for criminality in antisocial children.
2. Evidence based treatments for families of children with conduct disorder.
3. Concurrent substance use and mental disorder.
4. Program and health system evaluation.

 

Koegl, C.J. & Rush, B. (under review).  Need and use of services by persons with co-occurring disorders within a comprehensive community mental health system: A tale of high needs, mismatch and under-service.

Lunsky, Y., Gracey, C., Koegl, C.J., Bradley, E., Durbin, J., & Raina, P. (2010).  The clinical profile and service needs of psychiatric inpatients with intellectual disabilities and forensic involvement.  Psychology, Crime and Law. 1-15.

Koegl, C. J., Farrington, D. P., & Augimeri, L. K. (2009). Clinician perceptions of childhood risk factors for future antisocial behavior.  Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 38, 1-12.

Koegl, C. J., Farrington, D. P., Augimeri, L. K., & Day, D. M. (2008). Evaluation of a targeted cognitive-behavioural programme for children with conduct problems -- The SNAP® Under 12 Outreach Project: Service intensity, age and gender effects on short- and long-term outcomes. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 13(3), 419-434

Rush, B. & Koegl, C.J. (2008).  Prevalence and profile of people with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders within a comprehensive mental health system.  Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 53, 810-821.

Dr. David P. Farrington

TBD