| Abstract: | Prior work has demonstrated a consistently higher rate of arrest for ex-offenders than for ex-mental patients. although as a group ex-patients are more often arrested than the general population. From 1968 and 1975 data, the current study examines some of the possible explanations for the higher rates of offenders as compared to ex-mental patients. Even when age and prior arrests are controlled, the variables with the strongest association with subsequent arrest, a higher proportion of offenders are arrested after release than ex-patients. |
