Bipolar disorder and criminal offending: a data linkage study

Daff, Elizabeth; Thomas, Stuart

doi:10.1007/s00127-014-0882-4

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“…There remains controversy as to whether threatening behaviour is considered a violent offence; some researchers consider threatening behaviour a non-violent offence, others a violent offence, and yet others suggest that it should more practically be considered an 'intermediate violent' offence (Short et al, 2013;Warren, Mullen, Thomas, Ogloff, & Burgess, 2008). Specifically, it has recently been proposed that offences such as threats and harassment should be distinguished from other more severe violent offences like assault and homicide rather than being truncated together (Daff & Thomas, 2015). As indicated in the present study, such variations in the classification of violence could potentially lead to very different conclusions about young people's propensity towards violent crime.…”

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Does Mental Illness Impact the Incidence of Crime and Victimisation among Young People?

Cashman

Thomas

2016

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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While the high prevalence of offending and victimisation among young people is well established, no study to date has compared official crime records of young people with mental illness with those without mental illness. This case linkage study sought to determine whether young people with a formal history of mental illness were more likely to have official histories of offending and victimisation than young people who had no recorded histories of mental illness. Results suggested that young people with a history of mental illness are particularly vulnerable to violence. While a weak association was established between violent offending and mental illness, a stronger relationship was found between victimisation and mental illness, especially violent victimisation. Consistent with literature regarding the victimÀoffender overlap, a history of offending placed young people at a substantially higher risk of victimisation. Implications of these results are discussed in the context of how public mental health services could better protect these vulnerable young people.

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Section: Youth Offendingmentioning

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Does Mental Illness Impact the Incidence of Crime and Victimisation among Young People?

Cashman

Thomas

2016

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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“…Neither comorbid SUD nor socio-demographic factors significantly moderated the risk of BD individuals to commit VCB. This is conflicting with previous findings in BD (Daff and Thomas, 2014;McCabe et al, 2013;Webb et al, 2014) or in the general population (Corrigan and Watson, 2005). A strong relation between SUD and violence is often assumed (Fazel et al, 2009).…”

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Violent criminal behavior in the context of bipolar disorder: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Verdolini

Pacchiarotti

Köhler

et al. 2018

Journal of Affective Disorders

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“…Various studies have provided evidence that the risk of aggressive behavior can increase in patients with affective disorders [48][49][50][51] . However, estimates of the risk of violence associated with bipolar disorder have not differed statistically from those associated with psychotic depression in many studies, often limited by the sample sizes.…”

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Violent behavior by women involuntarily committed to a forensic psychiatric hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Moraes

Meyer

et al. 2020

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Objective: The goal of the current study was to evaluate the sociodemographic, criminological, and psychiatric characteristics of the full sample of female violent offenders committed involuntarily to a forensic psychiatric hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Method: Psychiatric assessment using SCID-IV in all the female violent offenders treated in the only forensic psychiatric hospital in the state. Results: Most offenders (n = 29) were non-Caucasian single women with very low income. Schizophrenia was the most common diagnosis. Most patients had already been diagnosed with a mental disorder and placed under psychiatric treatment, but dropout and non-adherence were common. Conclusion: Violent behavior in mentally ill female offenders may at least partially reflect the failure of mental health and social services to provide much-needed support for economically and socially vulnerable women.

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Bipolar disorder and criminal offending: a data linkage study

Abstract: There is a statistically significant association between bipolar disorder and the likelihood of having a criminal history. Co-occurring substance use differentially impacts on the likelihood of criminal offending for males and females.

Cited by 14 publications

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Does Mental Illness Impact the Incidence of Crime and Victimisation among Young People?

Does Mental Illness Impact the Incidence of Crime and Victimisation among Young People?

Violent criminal behavior in the context of bipolar disorder: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Violent behavior by women involuntarily committed to a forensic psychiatric hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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