CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR IN PATIENTS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS
Keywords:
psychiatric patients, recurrence of criminogenicity, forensic mental health centersAbstract
The study group consisted of subjects hospitalized for a period of one year with recurrence of criminogenicity. The control group had no recurrence of criminogenicity. All were treated at the Psychiatric Hospital in Demir Hisar, R. Macedonia. Objectives: We examined the risk of recurrence of criminogenicity in patients with criminogenic behavior in the study and control groups. We established a link between recurrence of criminogenicity and diagnostic entities according to the ICD-10 classification. Based on the test for the diagnostic feature, the age and duration of the first hospitalization are not statistically significant in the group of cases and controls. Based on the average age, patients in the control group committed their first crime in older age in relation to the respondents in the case group. According to the average age, patients in EG and KG differ significantly (p = 0.0001). Patients in EG and KG according to the average duration of the first hospitalization in 1. and from 1.-3. months are statistically significantly different. Patients in EG are hospitalized significantly earlier according to the court. Mann-Whitney's U-test revealed a statistically significant difference in EG and KG according to age at the first hospitalization and the duration of the first hospitalization. Criminogenic behavior is more common in men than in women. Based on the age in KG, the respondents who committed their first crime in old age in relation to the respondents in EG, which indicates that younger patients are more likely to have a recurrence of criminogenicity. Patients diagnosed with personality disorders have a high risk of criminogenicity. The comorbidity of the diagnosis of personality disorders and the use of alcohol or drugs, as well as patients with the diagnosis (F10 and F60-69) and (F11-19 and F60 -69) significantly increase the risk and speed of further violations and recurrence of criminogenicity. The longer patients with a recurrence of criminogenicity are hospitalized in a psychiatric institution, the more frequent recurrences of criminogenicity are, which indicates that the length of hospitalization affects the recurrence of criminogenicity. The results were of great importance in the care of forensic patients in special mental health centers.
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