A review of arrests among psychiatric patients

Schellenberg, E. Glenn; Wasylenki, Donald; Webster, Christopher D.; Goering, Paul

doi:10.1016/0160-2527(92)90002-i

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“…Consistent with other studies (6)(7)(8), this study found that individuals with a mental illness suspected of an offense were more likely to be formally charged with an offense than individuals who did not have a mental illness. Consistent with other studies (6)(7)(8), this study found that individuals with a mental illness suspected of an offense were more likely to be formally charged with an offense than individuals who did not have a mental illness.…”

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Gender Differences in Police Encounters Among Persons With and Without Serious Mental Illness

Crocker

Hartford²,

Heslop³

2009

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More resources should be allocated to support persons with mental illness in the community because they tend to have high rates of repeated police contacts for a variety of offenses. The findings highlight the need for gender-specific intervention programs. Administrative databases can be useful tools in examining police contacts among persons with mental illness and monitoring change after policy and program implementation for those at risk of police encounters.

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confidence: 90%

Gender Differences in Police Encounters Among Persons With and Without Serious Mental Illness

Crocker

Hartford²,

Heslop³

2009

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“…One-third (33%) of those in the 30to 40-year age group who did not die appear in the Police Register. This is quite consistent with the situation intemationally, where a common finding is that between one-third and half of all mental patients are arrested on some occasion (10).…”

Section: Crimina Litysupporting

confidence: 71%

Criminality and mortality among a cohort of former mental patients in Sweden

Belfrage¹

1994

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

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Belfrage H. Criminality and mortality among a cohort of former mental patients in Sweden. Nord J Psychiatry 1994;48:343-347. Oslo. ISSN 0803-9488.The study follows up a group of former mental patients (n = 302). most of them schizophrenic, through the Swedish Police Register and the Cause of Death Register at Statistics Sweden, for a period of 14 years. Almost half of those who were in the age group 20-40 years at the start of the period had either committed suicide or were listed in the Police Register. The crimes committed were relatively minor and may largely be regarded as social drop-out criminality.Criminality, Former mental patients, Mortality.

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“…Negative consequences of these changes are reported in both Swedish and international studies (1)(2)(3)(4). Problems, such as criminal behaviour, premature deaths, drug abuse, and homelessness, among former psychiatric patients are frequently attributed to a hasty reduction of inpatient care facilities, and criticism is directed against the insuf cient building up of alternative forms of care before the closing down of traditional institutions.…”

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Long-term consequences of the reformation of psychiatric care: A 15-year follow-up study

Bülow

Svensson

Hansson

2002

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

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Although there are a great many epidemiological studies of psychiatric diseases and the outcomes of controlled rehabilitation programmes, there is a shortage of studies of routine psychiatric care. This study is a retrospective cohort study of the total number (n=138) of patients receiving inpatient care at a psychiatric rehabilitation clinic in Jönköping during 1984. The follow-up period is 15 years, 1984-98. The group had a considerable amount of inpatient care, but this decreased dramatically during the time of investigation. Positive indications were that there were no suicides during the last 5 years of the period and that the number of registered crimes showed a marked decrease from 1992. Negative indications were low levels of work and occupation and few social contacts.

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A review of arrests among psychiatric patients

Cited by 36 publications

References 28 publications

Gender Differences in Police Encounters Among Persons With and Without Serious Mental Illness

Gender Differences in Police Encounters Among Persons With and Without Serious Mental Illness

Criminality and mortality among a cohort of former mental patients in Sweden

Long-term consequences of the reformation of psychiatric care: A 15-year follow-up study

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