2007
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.652
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Violent recidivism among mentally disordered offenders in Japan

Abstract: Violent recidivism was so unusual that, on this outcome, it could take many years to show any effect of the new service. Desistance from substance use, compliance with treatment and maintenance of stable housing may be better indicators of success, and their achievement a good preventive strategy.

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“…Despite the long follow-up period, only 20 individuals (20%) were reconvicted for violent or violence-related crimes during the total follow-up period, resulting in a total reconviction rate of 27% when non-violent crimes were included. This recidivism rate is in line with the results from other long-term follow-up studies of mentally disordered offenders and patients discharged from special hospitals [11], [12], [13], [40].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
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“…Despite the long follow-up period, only 20 individuals (20%) were reconvicted for violent or violence-related crimes during the total follow-up period, resulting in a total reconviction rate of 27% when non-violent crimes were included. This recidivism rate is in line with the results from other long-term follow-up studies of mentally disordered offenders and patients discharged from special hospitals [11], [12], [13], [40].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Though working with a variety of follow-up periods and cultural contexts as well as with different samples of mentally disordered offenders, international studies agree that the overall picture of violent recidivism among forensic psychiatric patients is surprisingly modest, varying between 6% and 15% [11], [12], [13]. This vulnerable group thus appears to be far less prone to relapse into violence than offenders sentenced to prison, among whom more than one in three are reconvicted [14], [15].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Japan, for example, in 2014, the homicide rate was about 0.31 per 100,000 population, compared with 4.43 in the United States and 0.92 in the United Kingdom (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2000-2015)). Reoffence rates were also lower than those reported by a study conducted in F I G U R E 2 The readmission rate to a local psychiatric hospital (n = 526) Japan before the introduction of the MTSA (Yoshikawa et al, 2007). Here, the violent reoffence rate (excluding arson) for 3 years postintervention was 6-7%, whereas our finding was 2.0% for a similar period at risk.…”
Section: Reoffending and Risk Factorscontrasting
confidence: 70%
“…Previous studies have shown that female offenders tend to have higher levels of education but more seriously adverse childhood experiences than male offenders (Yourstone et al, 2008; Rossegger et al, ; Meier et al, ; Putkonen et al, ); women are disproportionately likely to be convicted of some forms of child killing (Eronen, ; Putkonen et al, ). Although international studies agree that the overall rate of violent recidivism among hospitalised offenders with mental disorder is modest (Eronen, ; Friendship et al, ; Maden et al, ; Yoshikawa et al, ), data suggest that the distribution of mental disorders according to gender might leave these women at particular risk of reoffending. Eronen et al () reported that female offenders with a diagnosis of anti‐social personality disorder had a 50‐fold increase in the likelihood of homicidal behaviour compared with a 10‐fold increase in males.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%