Journal article
Association between schizophrenia and violence among Chinese female offenders
J Wang, C Li, XM Zhu, SM Zhang, JS Zhou, QG Li, Q Wang, SL Zhong, CH Ng, GS Ungvari, YT Xiang, XP Wang
Scientific Reports | NATURE PORTFOLIO | Published : 2017
Abstract
Little is known about the association between schizophrenia and violence in women in China. This study aimed to examine the association between schizophrenia and violence in Chinese female offenders. Fifty-two schizophrenia patients were identified from the female offenders who received forensic psychiatric assessments in 2011 in Hunan province, China. Using a propensity score matching method, 104 matched controls without psychiatric disorders were selected from female criminals in Hunan province. Violent offences and homicides were verified and recorded. The percentages of violent offences and homicides were significantly higher in female offenders with schizophrenia than in controls (78.8%..
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Awarded by Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Funding Acknowledgements
We sincerely thank all the subjects for their support and participation. We are grateful to staff in the forensic psychiatric assessment centers in Hunan, the Hunan Provincial Department of Justice, the Hunan Women's Prison and Hunan Prison Administrative Bureau for their contribution to this study. We thank all participants involved in this study. This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81371500; 81571316).