RT Article
T1 Psychosis and Criminal Offending: A Population-Based Data-Linkage Study
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 48
IS 2
SP 157
OP 174
A1 Chowdhury, Nabila Z.
A1 Greenberg, David M.
A1 Adily, Armita
A1 Albalawi, Olayan
A1 Allnutt, Stephen
A1 Butler, Tony
A1 Kariminia, Azar
A1 O’Driscoll, Colman
A1 Sara, Grant
A1 Schofield, Peter W.
A1 Wand, Handan
A2 Greenberg, David M.
A2 Adily, Armita
A2 Albalawi, Olayan
A2 Allnutt, Stephen
A2 Butler, Tony
A2 Kariminia, Azar
A2 O’Driscoll, Colman
A2 Sara, Grant
A2 Schofield, Peter W.
A2 Wand, Handan
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1770817506
AB This population-based case-control study examines the association between psychosis and criminal convictions in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, using data from several health and offending administrative data collections. Cases were individuals diagnosed with psychosis between 2001 and 2012 (n = 86,461). For each case, two age- and sex-matched controls with no diagnosis of psychosis were selected. Criminal convictions were identified using the NSW Reoffending Database. Cases were approximately 5 times more likely to offend compared with controls, adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 4.68, 95% confidence interval (CI) = [4.55, 4.81], and accounted for 10% of all criminal convictions in NSW between 2001 and 2015. The prevalence of at least one criminal conviction was 30% among cases compared with 6% among controls. The results from this study confirm previous work regarding the association between psychosis and criminal convictions. More work is needed to better articulate the mechanisms for this association to enable prevention strategies to be developed.
K1 data-linkage
K1 nonviolent crime
K1 Offending
K1 Psychosis
K1 Violent Crime
DO 10.1177/0093854820964834