Prevalence of Criminal Thinking among State Prison Inmates with Serious Mental Illness |
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Authors: | Robert D Morgan William H Fisher Naihua Duan Jon T Mandracchia Danielle Murray |
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Institution: | (1) Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA;(2) University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA;(3) Columbia University, New York, USA |
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Abstract: | To examine the prevalence of criminal thinking in mentally disordered offenders, incarcerated male (n = 265) and female (n = 149) offenders completed measures of psychiatric functioning and criminal thinking. Results indicated 92% of the participants
were diagnosed with a serious mental illness, and mentally disordered offenders produced criminal thinking scores on the Psychological
Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) and Criminal Sentiments Scale-Modified (CSS-M) similar to that of non-mentally
ill offenders. Collectively, results indicated the clinical presentation of mentally disordered offenders is similar to that
of psychiatric patients and criminals. Implications are discussed with specific focus on the need for mental health professionals to treat co-occurring
issues of mental illness and criminality in correctional mental health treatment programs. |
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