Age onset of offending and serious mental illness among forensic psychiatric patients: A latent profile analysis

ConclusionsOur findings present a new perspective on life course trajectories of offenders with SMI. While analyses identified just two distinct age‐of‐onset groups, in both the illness preceded the offending. The fact that our sample was entirely drawn from those hospitalised may have introduced a selection bias for those whose illness precedes offending, but findings underscore the complexity and level of need among those with a younger age of onset. Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - January 16, 2018 Category: Criminology Authors: Stephanie R. Penney, Aaron Prosser, Alexander I.F. Simpson Tags: Original Article Source Type: research