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A Comparison of “Offender” and “Non-Offender” Male Patients Admitted to the State Hospital, Carstairs between 1966 and 1975

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. V. M. Hughson
A. V. M. Hughson*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow, Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 0AA
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Summary

A comparison was made between ‘offender’ (part V) and ‘non-offender’ (part IV) male patients admitted to the State Hospital, Carstairs, over a ten year period. More than a third of the ‘non-offender’ group had at some time in the past been in penal institutions. During their stay in the State Hospital, the ‘non-offender’ patients were more disturbed in behaviour than their ‘offender’ counterparts, and relatively fewer of them were discharged during the period of study.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 139 , Issue 5 , November 1981 , pp. 431 - 435
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

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