ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 May 1992
Page Count: 6

Homelessness and the Mentally Ill Offender
Convit, A
Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, NY

Richman, BJ
clinical instructor in psychiatry, Division of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY

Martell, D
Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, NY

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a retrospective analysis of the discharge summaries of 69 mentally ill offenders. The subjects were patients in a New York State Psychiatric Hospital for a two-year period between January 1988 and December 1989 who were referred by the courts under New York State Criminal Procedure Law (CPL). The subjects were further compared as to homelessness at the time of the instant offense to study the association of this variable and criminal behavior among the mentally ill. Statistical analyses demonstrated significant relationships between variables of homelessness, prior offense history, and substance abuse.

Keywords:
psychiatry, mental illness, prisons, homelessness, mentally ill offenders

Paper ID: JFS12008J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12008J
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