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ACTS OF VIOLENCE BY THE MENTALLY DISTURBED - A PSYCHIATRIC STUDY CONCERNED WITH INCIDENCE IN WEST GERMANY

NCJ Number
29436
Author(s)
W BOEKER; H HAEFNER
Date Published
1973
Length
307 pages
Annotation
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF OFFENDER, OFFENSE, AND VICTIM CHARACTERISTICS IN CASES INVOLVING 533 OFFENDERS FROM 1955 TO 1964.
Abstract
THE STUDY COMPARES RATES OF CRIMINALITY AMONG MENTALLY DISTURBED PERSONS WITH THOSE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION IN WEST GERMANY. ANALYZED ARE PATTERNS OF FACTORS SPECIFIC TO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF MENTAL ILLNESS OR DEFICIENCY WHICH LEAD TO AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR. --IN GERMAN