ISSN: 0022-1198
Published Online: 1 July 1985
Page Count: 6

Psychiatric Evaluations of Sexual Offenders
Rosner, R
Staff psychiatrist and medical doctor, Forensic Psychiatry Clinic, NY

Packard, WS
Staff psychiatrist and medical doctor, Forensic Psychiatry Clinic, NY

(Received 12 September 1984; accepted 19 October 1984)

Abstract

Ninety-five defendants charged with sexual offenses were evaluated in a forensic psychiatry clinic. Their psychiatric diagnoses, as well as social, demographic, and criminal characteristics, were studied. Almost half were found to have personality disorders, while one-fifth were given a diagnosis of schizophrenia, affective disorder, or an atypical psychosis. Surprisingly few were diagnosed as having a paraphilia.

Keywords:
psychiatry, jurisprudence, criminal sex offenses

Paper ID: JFS11005J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11005J
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