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VII. Police Contact

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

J. Leary
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry, Northwick Park Hospital and Clinical Research Centre, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ
C. D. Frith
Affiliation:
Northwick Park Hospital and Clinical Research Centre, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ
D. G. C. Owens
Affiliation:
Northwick Park Hospital and Clinical Research Centre, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ

Extract

Although there has been no truly satisfactory study of the association between antisocial behaviour and psychosis, a variety of sources suggest a greater than chance association between the two (Taylor, 1987), and in particular there is evidence of a substantial increase in violent behaviour in association with schizophrenia (Taylor & Gunn, 1984). There is also evidence of the possibility of over-representation of mentally ill people in arrest statistics, because of an increase in police concern (Teplin, 1985; Taylor, 1987). Studies in this area may concern rates of psychiatric disorder among persons in judicial circumstances (e.g. Taylor & Gunn, 1984), but the Harrow study provided an opportunity of examining the extent and nature of behaviour leading to police contact in a large, unselected sample of schizophrenic patients followed up for up to 13 years.

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Research Article
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