Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA.
Law Hum Behav. 2011 Feb;35(1):49-59. doi: 10.1007/s10979-009-9206-8.
Prior studies have documented linkages between mental disorder and both offending and victimization. However, few studies have examined the violent offending-violent victimization overlap among mentally disordered individuals and none have examined the factors that are jointly related to their covariation. Here, we assess this overlap during the first ten weeks following hospital discharge among a large sample of psychiatric patients from three large cities. Findings indicate that: (1) violent offending and violent victimization show substantial covariation; (2) although each of the two outcomes were predicted by a few unique risk factors, several risk factors were similarly predictive of both outcomes; and (3) even after adjusting for demographic, clinical, and social risk factors, the correlation between violent offending and violent victimization remained robust. Implications for theory, research, and policy are highlighted.
先前的研究已经记录了精神障碍与犯罪和受害之间的联系。然而，很少有研究调查精神障碍个体之间的暴力犯罪-暴力受害重叠现象，也没有研究调查共同导致两者变化的因素。在这里，我们在来自三个大城市的大量精神病患者出院后的头十周内评估了这种重叠。研究结果表明：(1)暴力犯罪和暴力受害存在大量的共同变化；(2)尽管两个结果都可以通过少数独特的风险因素来预测，但有几个风险因素对两个结果都具有相似的预测能力；(3)即使在调整了人口统计学、临床和社会风险因素后，暴力犯罪和暴力受害之间的相关性仍然很强。突出了对理论、研究和政策的影响。
