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L Sosowsky
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Crime and the mentally ill.
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Criminal Psychology↗
Explaining the increased arrest rate among mental patients: a cautionary note.
The author compared the annual arrest rates through 1978 of 301 state mental hospital patients released in 1972--1975 with arrest rates of the local county (San Mateo County) population in 1978. The data do not easily allow acceptance of the explanation for the increasing arrest rate among ex-patients suggesting that a definable group with previous arrests accounts for the increase. In San Mateo County, ex-patients with no previous arrests were arrested roughly three times more often than the local county population and five times more often for serious violent crimes.
Antisocial Personality Disorder↗
Crime and violence among mental patients reconsidered in view of the new legal relationship between the state and the mentally ill.
The author compared the arrest rates of 301 former state mental hospital patients with those of the local county population and selected U.S. cities. He found that the patients had a markedly higher incidence of arrests for criminal behavior, including violent offenses, than either of the comparison groups. Patients who were female, aged 20-30, and nonwhite had higher arrest rates for violent offenses than the rest of the study group. These findings are at variance with those of earlier studies but are in general agreement with more recent studies. The author suggests the need for further research in order to more completely identify those factors which explain the high crime rate among the mentally ill.
Adolescent↗