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Opinions concerning criminality among mental patients
Author(s) -
Pasewark Richard A.,
Seidenzahl Deborah,
Pantle Mark
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198110)9:4<367::aid-jcop2290090416>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - mental health , law enforcement , psychiatry , psychology , state hospital , medicine , political science , law
Estimations of the arrest rates for various offense categories of civilly admitted male mental patients were made by mental health center professionals, state hospital professionals and aides, law enforcement officers, college students, legislators, and community residents. Mental health personnel and legislators tended to judge patients as having lower arrest rates than was actually the case. Community residents overestimated patient arrest rates for rape and “other sexual offenses”, while police overestimated the patient rate for “other sexual offenses”.