[Characteristics of Schizophrenia Patients' Homicide Behaviors and Their Correlations with Criminal Capacity].
Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi
; 33(1): 32-35, 2017 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To explore the characteristics of schizophrenia patients' homicide behaviors and the influences of the assessments of criminal capacity.METHODS:
Indicators such as demographic and clinical data, characteristics of criminal behaviors and criminal capacity from the suspects whom were diagnosed by forensic psychiatry as schizophrenia ï¼n=110ï¼ and normal mental ï¼n=70ï¼ with homicide behavior, were collected by self-made investigation form and compared. The influences of the assessments of criminal capacity on the suspects diagnosed as schizophrenia were also analyzed using logistic regression analysis.RESULTS:
There were no significant statistical differences between the schizophrenic group and the normal mental group concerning age, gender, education and marital status ï¼P>0.05ï¼. There were significant statistical differences between the two groups concerning thought disorder, emotion state and social function before crime ï¼P<0.05ï¼ and there were significant statistical differences in some characteristics of the case such as aggressive history ï¼P<0.05ï¼, cue, trigger, plan, criminal incentives, object of crime, circumstance cognition and self-protection ï¼P<0.05ï¼. Multivariate logistic regression analysis suggested that thought disorder, emotion state, social function, criminal incentives, plan and self-protection before crime of the schizophrenic group were positively correlated with the criminal capacity ï¼P<0.05ï¼.CONCLUSIONS:
The relevant influences of psychopathology and crime characteristics should be considered comprehensively for improving the accuracy of the criminal capacity evaluation on the suspects diagnosed as schizophrenia with homicide behavior.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Esquizofrenia
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Psicologia do Esquizofrênico
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Crime
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Agressão
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Homicídio
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
Zh
Revista:
Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi
Assunto da revista:
JURISPRUDENCIA
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China