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A ten-year follow-up of criminality in Stockholm mental patients
- Author:
- BELFRAGE Henrik
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Criminology, 38(1), Winter 1998, pp.145-155.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Mental patients with the diagnosis of schizophrenia, affective psychosis or paranoia, who were discharged from mental hospitals in Stockholm in 1986 were followed up ten years later. The result is an over-representation of criminality among these patients. The most frequently occurring crimes are violent crimes. It is stressed that the figures presented represent only an absolute minimum, since several sources of error have been identified, which are discussed in detail.