Phillips M S, Dickie B
Forensic Division, METFORS/Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario.
Can J Psychiatry. 1991 Apr;36(3):176-81. doi: 10.1177/070674379103600304.
Occasionally, psychiatric patients detained in institutions against their will or residing in the community under legal restraints elope and commit serious offenses. The authors looked at the frequency with which this occurred with patients on warrants of the Lieutenant-Governor in Ontario. Using the files of the Ontario Lieutenant-Governor's Board of Review, they examined the records and isolated such recorded incidents over a 16 year period. In spite of the limitations identified by the authors, their findings indicate a lower than expected occurrence. As well, they point to the risk management implications of certain diagnostic groups being treated in a less than secure setting.
偶尔，违背自己意愿被拘留在机构中的精神病患者或在法律限制下居住在社区中的患者会逃跑并犯下严重罪行。作者研究了安大略省副总督签发逮捕令的患者出现这种情况的频率。他们利用安大略省副总督审查委员会的档案，检查了记录，并分离出16年期间此类有记录的事件。尽管作者指出了一些局限性，但他们的研究结果表明此类事件的发生率低于预期。此外，他们指出了在安全保障不足的环境中治疗某些诊断组所带来的风险管理问题。
