Repo E, Virkkunen M, Rawlings R, Linnoila M
Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1997 Apr;95(4):318-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09638.x.
We investigated psychiatric and demographic variables and lifetime criminality among arsonists referred for a pre-trial psychiatric assessment. The medical and criminal records of 282 arsonists were studied in order to compare first-time and repeat offenders with regard to diagnostic, demographic and biological variables. Alcohol dependence and antisocial personality disorder were common among recidivist offenders. This finding was especially prominent among offenders who committed violent crimes. Recidivist offenders commonly had a history of long-lasting enuresis during their childhood. They were younger at the time of their first offence, and were more often intoxicated with alcohol during the arson attempt. Among arsonists, lifetime criminal recidivism was primarily associated with alcohol dependence and antisocial personality disorder. Psychosis was a common diagnosis among subjects who had no record of recidivist criminal offences.
我们对因审前精神病学评估而被转介的纵火犯的精神病学和人口统计学变量以及终生犯罪情况进行了调查。研究了282名纵火犯的医疗和犯罪记录，以便在诊断、人口统计学和生物学变量方面比较初犯和累犯。酒精依赖和反社会人格障碍在累犯中很常见。这一发现尤其在实施暴力犯罪的罪犯中突出。累犯通常在童年时期有长期尿床史。他们首次犯罪时年龄较小，纵火未遂时更常处于酒精中毒状态。在纵火犯中，终生犯罪累犯主要与酒精依赖和反社会人格障碍有关。精神病是没有累犯犯罪记录的受试者中常见的诊断。
