Mentally Ill Sex Offenders
Authors:
- Phil HodesPHPhil Hodes
- 1 December 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 161 (6) , 846-849
Abstract
Sex offenders suffering from psychotic illness formed an important small group of a regional secure unit's patients. Ten of the 11 such offenders had a diagnosis of schizophrenia. There was a complex relationship between their mental illness and offending.Keywords
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