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Mental Disorders Among Criminal Offenders

2017; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 23; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/1078345817716180

1940-5200

Emily D. Gottfried, Sheresa Christopher,

Schizophrenia research and treatment

This article examines mental illness among adult, juvenile, male, female, jail, and prison inmates. It also explores the way in which mental health diagnoses impact offending and violent behavior. A review of literature pertaining to differences between the genders and age of offenders suggests that psychiatric disorders are more common among criminal offenders than the population at large. Furthermore, it appears that many mentally ill offenders do not receive sufficient treatment during their incarcerations and that barriers inherent to incarceration prevent adequate treatment of mental illnesses.