The authors examined the records of 127 female and 1,068 male offenders referred by the courts to a forensic service over a 22-year-period. Female offenders were less likely than male offenders to be referred for psychiatric evaluations when they were charged with criminal behavior. They were more likely to be charged with homicide, arson, forgery, or fraud and more frequently received diagnoses of affective disorder and neurosis
Gender differences in victimization were retrospectively examined in 218 male and 218 female patient...
Homicide, and the characteristics of those who perpetrate it, has long been of interest to researche...
We report a retrospective study examining the prevalence, demographic profile and pattern of psychia...
The past two decades, a disproportionate growth of females entering the criminal justice system and ...
To gain insight into the relatively small, but increasing group of women in forensic psychiatry, a r...
The authors examined records of 239 individuals charged with sexual offenses and referred by the cou...
Diagnoses of psychiatric diseases do not include criminal behavior. In schizophrenia, a non-negligib...
[Background] Previous investigations suggest that women judged to be not criminally responsible on a...
Although a considerable body of evidence has now accumulated about the link between psychotic illnes...
Women commit less crime than men and this has contributed to a tendency to regard female prisoners a...
Substance abuse is an important risk factor for offending, but is mostly studied in males. The aim o...
Outpatient interviews to collect criminal history data were conducted with 55 women and 77 men who h...
Although girls and women represent only a minority of the forensic mental health and prison populati...
This study examined gender differences in a range of lifetime psychiatric disorders in a sample of 2...
Background: Forensic patients are often admitted to psychiatric hospitals without any details of ill...
Gender differences in victimization were retrospectively examined in 218 male and 218 female patient...
Homicide, and the characteristics of those who perpetrate it, has long been of interest to researche...
We report a retrospective study examining the prevalence, demographic profile and pattern of psychia...
The past two decades, a disproportionate growth of females entering the criminal justice system and ...
To gain insight into the relatively small, but increasing group of women in forensic psychiatry, a r...
The authors examined records of 239 individuals charged with sexual offenses and referred by the cou...
Diagnoses of psychiatric diseases do not include criminal behavior. In schizophrenia, a non-negligib...
[Background] Previous investigations suggest that women judged to be not criminally responsible on a...
Although a considerable body of evidence has now accumulated about the link between psychotic illnes...
Women commit less crime than men and this has contributed to a tendency to regard female prisoners a...
Substance abuse is an important risk factor for offending, but is mostly studied in males. The aim o...
Outpatient interviews to collect criminal history data were conducted with 55 women and 77 men who h...
Although girls and women represent only a minority of the forensic mental health and prison populati...
This study examined gender differences in a range of lifetime psychiatric disorders in a sample of 2...
Background: Forensic patients are often admitted to psychiatric hospitals without any details of ill...
Gender differences in victimization were retrospectively examined in 218 male and 218 female patient...
Homicide, and the characteristics of those who perpetrate it, has long been of interest to researche...
We report a retrospective study examining the prevalence, demographic profile and pattern of psychia...