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RECIDIVISM AMONG OFFENDERS AND EX‐MENTAL PATIENTS: A Comparative Analysis
Author(s) -
RIBNER STEPHEN A.,
STEADMAN HENRY J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1981.tb00426.x
Subject(s) - recidivism , psychology , psychiatry , population , clinical psychology , demography , sociology
Prior work has demonstrated a consistently higher rate of arrest for ex‐offenders than for ex‐mental patients. although as a group ex‐patients are more often arrested than the general population. From 1968 and 1975 data, the current study examines some of the possible explanations for the higher rates of offenders as compared to ex‐mental patients. Even when age and prior arrests are controlled, the variables with the strongest association with subsequent arrest, a higher proportion of offenders are arrested after release than ex‐patients.