Psychiatric morbidity among homicide offenders: a Swedish population study.

OBJECTIVE: The authors examined psychiatric diagnoses of all individuals convicted of homicide and attempted homicide in Sweden from 1988 to 2001 (N=2,005). METHOD: High-quality national crime and hospital registers were linked to investigate standardized psychiatric diagnoses of homicide offenders...

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Main Authors: Fazel, S, Grann, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004