TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Crime and violence among psychiatric patients in a maximum security psychiatric hospital
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Rasmussen, Kirsten
A1  - Levander, Sten
SP  - 455
EP  - 471
VL  - 23
IS  - 3
N2  - Data on crime and aggression, psychopathology, and early adjustment problems were examined for 94 consecutively admitted patients to a national maximum security psychiatric unit. A majority of the patients had a criminal record. Aggression inside and outside institutional settings was frequent, as were early adjustment problems. Factor analysis suggested five types of crime/aggression patterns: a nonviolent pattern, a pattern involving aggression/violence in an institutional setting, a sexual violence pattern, a homicidal aggressive pattern, and an arson pattern. These patterns evidenced both overlap and distinctiveness in their psychopathology-related correlates. The most frequent significant correlates were the presence of an Axis II diagnosis, psychopathy, alcohol abuse, and drug abuse. Axis I diagnoses and other symptom variables poorly predicted crime/aggression patterns.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854896023003003
ID  - ref1
ER  -