Criminal Offenses Among Discharged Mentally Ill Individuals

Mental disorder and crime: Coincidence, correlation and cause

“…Satsumi et al (1998) surveyed 359 Japanese offenders who were referred for pre-trial psychiatric examination and found that over half had been discharged from inpatient care in the preceding 18 months. Offending soon after discharge appeared to be associated with social disadvantage and past criminality rather than mental state.…”