Citation

Wong MTH, Lumsden J, Fenton GW, Fenwick PBC. Aggressive Behav. 1995; 21(5): 321-324.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, International Society for Research on Aggression, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

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Abstract

Elderly offenders aged 60 and above constitute less than 8% of the population in a maximum security mental hospital, These offenders fall into 2 groups: 1) first admission at or after the age of 50 and 2) first admission before 50, Fewer first time offenders committed homicide in the first group than those in the second group, Neuropsychiatric disturbance and sex offending was common among male first time offenders in the first group; in contrast, schizophrenia and violent offending against persons was found more often in the second group, It is argued that elderly first time offenders should be given adequate neuropsychiatric assessment.