Leong Gregory B, Mueller Crystal, Feldsher Mendel
Forensic Evaluation Department, Patton State Hospital, 3102 East Highland Avenue, Patton, CA, 92369.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 2250 Alcazar Street, Suite 2200, Los Angeles, CA, 90033.
J Forensic Sci. 2019 Mar;64(2):454-459. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.13902. Epub 2018 Aug 31.
We studied all individuals (n = 41) who had been found not guilty by reason of insanity for arson and who were committed to a California state psychiatric hospital on October 1, 2016 in a cross-sectional analysis. This group of insane arsonists contained 33 (80.5%) males and eight (19.5%) females with a mean age at the time of the index arson of 35.9 years. At least 87.8% (n = 36) were considered to not have been participating in psychiatric treatment at the time of the index arson. Five (12.2%) of the insane arsonists had previously been found not guilty by reason of insanity for arson or had been convicted of having committed arson. Our findings suggest that lack of participation in psychiatric treatment was the most important factor in contributing to the index arson and the most important problem to be addressed in subsequent psychiatric treatment plans.
我们通过横断面分析研究了所有因精神错乱而被判纵火无罪并于2016年10月1日被送入加利福尼亚州立精神病院的个体（n = 41）。这组精神错乱纵火者中，有33名（80.5%）男性和8名（19.5%）女性，纵火时的平均年龄为35.9岁。至少87.8%（n = 36）的人在纵火时被认为未接受精神科治疗。其中5名（12.2%）精神错乱纵火者此前曾因精神错乱被判纵火无罪或曾被判定犯有纵火罪。我们的研究结果表明，未接受精神科治疗是导致此次纵火的最重要因素，也是后续精神科治疗计划中需要解决的最重要问题。
