RELEASED OAK RIDGE PATIENTS - A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF REVIEW BOARD DISCHARGES

• NCJ Number: 27684
• Journal: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, DELINQUENCY, AND DEVIANT SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR Volume: 15 Issue: 3 Dated: (JULY 1975) Pages: 264-270
• Author(s): V L QUINSEY; A WARNEFORD; M PRUESSE; N LINK
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: Stevens and Sons
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

OAK RIDGE IS THE MAXIMUM SECURITY DIVISION OF THE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER IN PENETANGUISHENE, ONTARIO, AND IS USUALLY RESERVED FOR DANGEROUS, OFTEN VIOLENT, MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS.

Abstract

CRIMINAL CONVICTION AND RE-ADMISSION DATA WERE OBTAINED ON 91 PATIENTS RELEASED BY THE REVIEW BOARD FROM OAK RIDGE, AND RELATED TO THE PATIENTS' PRE-RELEASE CHARACTERISTICS. DURING THE FOLLOW-UP PERIOD, WHICH VARIED AMONG PATIENTS FROM ONE TO FOUR YEARS, 38 PER CENT OF THE SAMPLE WERE CONVICTED OF A CRIME, RE-ADMITTED TO OAK RIDGE, OR BOTH. OF THE PATIENTS 15 PER CENT WERE RE-ADMITTED AND 16 PER CENT COMMITTED A VIOLENT ACT AGAINST PERSONS. MOST OF THE VIOLENT PATIENTS WERE FOUND TO HAVE COMMITTED VIOLENT CRIMES BEFORE. PATIENTS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING PERSONALITY OR CHARACTER DISORDERS, PARTICULARLY IF THEY HAD NEVER MARRIED, WERE MORE LIKELY TO GET INTO TROUBLE AFTER RELEASE THAN THOSE WHO WERE NOT. MOST OF THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE 91 RELEASEES WERE ECONOMIC AND NON VIOLENT IN NATURE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)