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Mentally Ill Sex Offenders

The Experience of a Regional Secure Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jackie Craissati  and
Phil Hodes
Jackie Craissati*
Affiliation:
Bracton Clinic, Bexley Hospital, Old Bexley Lane, Bexley, Kent DA5 2BW
Phil Hodes
Affiliation:
Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Sex offenders suffering from psychotic illness formed an important small group of a regional secure unit's patients. Ten of the 11 such offenders had a diagnosis of schizophrenia. There was a complex relationship between their mental illness and offending.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 6 , December 1992 , pp. 846 - 849
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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