ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 July 1985
Page Count: 9

Forensic Psychiatric Evaluations of Women Accused of Felonies: A Three-Year Descriptive Study
Wiederlight, M
Medical director and assistant medical director, Forensic Psychiatry Clinic for the New York Criminal and Supreme Courts, NY

Wieczorek, RR
Associate professor of nursing, Hunter College of the City of New York/Bellevue School of Nursing, NY

Rosner, R
Medical director and assistant medical director, Forensic Psychiatry Clinic for the New York Criminal and Supreme Courts, NY

(Received 30 August 1984; accepted 16 November 1984)

Abstract

Descriptive statistics are presented for 95 female offenders evaluated in the Forensic Psychiatry Clinic for the New York Criminal and Supreme Court (First Judicial District). Demographic data, criminal charges, psychiatric diagnoses, prior mental health treatment, and victims of offenses are examined.

Keywords:
psychiatry, criminalistics, mental illness, demography

Paper ID: JFS11006J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11006J
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