Gottlieb P, Gabrielsen G, Kramp P
Clinic of Forensic Psychiatry, Ministry of Justice, Institute of Theoretical Statistics, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1987 Sep;76(3):285-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb02897.x.
During the years from 1959 to 1983, 263 Copenhagen defendants of homicide underwent a psychiatric examination for the court. Twenty-three percent of the defendants were held to be psychotic at the time of the crime. The psychotic defendants differed from the non-psychotic by being older, less often substance abusing and by choosing victims inside their families. It is discussed whether a reduction in the available number of psychiatric beds could be a contributional reason for the increase in especially the number of schizophrenic defendants. About one third of all defendants were by the examining psychiatrists found in need of a sanction different from ordinary punishment; furthermore, a tendency towards sanctions of treatment instead of just placement in a psychiatric hospital was documented and is discussed. The increasing demand of capacity for forensic, psychiatric patients is mentioned.
在1959年至1983年期间，263名哥本哈根的杀人案被告接受了法庭指定的精神病检查。23%的被告在犯罪时被判定患有精神病。患有精神病的被告与未患精神病的被告的不同之处在于，他们年龄更大，较少滥用药物，且选择家庭成员作为受害者。文中讨论了精神病床位数量的减少是否可能是导致尤其是精神分裂症被告数量增加的一个促成因素。在所有被告中，约三分之一被检查的精神科医生认为需要不同于普通惩罚的制裁；此外，有记录显示并讨论了一种倾向，即倾向于采取治疗性制裁而非仅仅将其安置在精神病院。文中还提到了对法医精神病患者收容能力的需求不断增加。
