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Lethal and severe violence: Characterizing Swedish female offenders with and without a severe mental disorder
AIM: In studies on lethal and severe violence, male offenders have historically been in focus while female offenders, in comparison, have often been excluded. In this study, we aimed to characterize female violent offenders and compared those with and without a severe mental disorder (SMD). METHOD:...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10117968/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37091705 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1143936 |
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author | Trägårdh, Karin Hildebrand Karlén, Malin Andiné, Peter Nilsson, Thomas |
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description | AIM: In studies on lethal and severe violence, male offenders have historically been in focus while female offenders, in comparison, have often been excluded. In this study, we aimed to characterize female violent offenders and compared those with and without a severe mental disorder (SMD). METHOD: All females charged with lethal or attempted lethal violence, who had undergone forensic psychiatric investigations (FPI) in Sweden between 2000 and 2014, constituting the two groups SMD (n = 84) and no SMD (n = 91), were included. Information from their FPI reports and court verdicts was collected regarding background and demographics, mental health, substance use, and crime characteristics. RESULTS: Overall, both groups were often unemployed, previously victimized within close relations, had psychiatric health issues, and more than half of them had previously attempted suicide. Specifically, the SMD group more often had psychotic disorders, had attempted homicide-suicide (at the time of the crime), and had children or friends/acquaintances as victims. The no-SMD group more often manifested patterns of anxiety, personality disorders, and substance use disorders compared to the SMD group. The no-SMD group also differed from the SMD group by more often having a previous criminal record, being charged with lethal index violence, having male adult intimate partners/ex-intimate partners as victims who had abused the offender, and both offender and victim had more often been under the influence of a substance. CONCLUSION: Female offenders of lethal and severe violence had a high prevalence of previous violent victimization which should be considered in forensic assessment and treatment regardless of the offender’s SMD status. However, more focus on substance use disorders and intimate partner relations appears relevant for females without an SMD. Contrary to that, early interventions regarding psychotic processes are probably a helpful preventive measure for females with an SMD. In sum, the heterogeneity of female offenders of lethal and severe violence emphasizes the necessity of developing nuanced interventions to meet their rehabilitative needs as well as the requirements of community protection. |
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spelling | pubmed-101179682023-04-21 Lethal and severe violence: Characterizing Swedish female offenders with and without a severe mental disorder Trägårdh, Karin Hildebrand Karlén, Malin Andiné, Peter Nilsson, Thomas Front Psychiatry Psychiatry AIM: In studies on lethal and severe violence, male offenders have historically been in focus while female offenders, in comparison, have often been excluded. In this study, we aimed to characterize female violent offenders and compared those with and without a severe mental disorder (SMD). METHOD: All females charged with lethal or attempted lethal violence, who had undergone forensic psychiatric investigations (FPI) in Sweden between 2000 and 2014, constituting the two groups SMD (n = 84) and no SMD (n = 91), were included. Information from their FPI reports and court verdicts was collected regarding background and demographics, mental health, substance use, and crime characteristics. RESULTS: Overall, both groups were often unemployed, previously victimized within close relations, had psychiatric health issues, and more than half of them had previously attempted suicide. Specifically, the SMD group more often had psychotic disorders, had attempted homicide-suicide (at the time of the crime), and had children or friends/acquaintances as victims. The no-SMD group more often manifested patterns of anxiety, personality disorders, and substance use disorders compared to the SMD group. The no-SMD group also differed from the SMD group by more often having a previous criminal record, being charged with lethal index violence, having male adult intimate partners/ex-intimate partners as victims who had abused the offender, and both offender and victim had more often been under the influence of a substance. CONCLUSION: Female offenders of lethal and severe violence had a high prevalence of previous violent victimization which should be considered in forensic assessment and treatment regardless of the offender’s SMD status. However, more focus on substance use disorders and intimate partner relations appears relevant for females without an SMD. Contrary to that, early interventions regarding psychotic processes are probably a helpful preventive measure for females with an SMD. In sum, the heterogeneity of female offenders of lethal and severe violence emphasizes the necessity of developing nuanced interventions to meet their rehabilitative needs as well as the requirements of community protection. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10117968/ /pubmed/37091705 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1143936 Text en Copyright © 2023 Trägårdh, Hildebrand Karlén, Andiné and Nilsson. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry Trägårdh, Karin Hildebrand Karlén, Malin Andiné, Peter Nilsson, Thomas Lethal and severe violence: Characterizing Swedish female offenders with and without a severe mental disorder |
title | Lethal and severe violence: Characterizing Swedish female offenders with and without a severe mental disorder |
title_full | Lethal and severe violence: Characterizing Swedish female offenders with and without a severe mental disorder |
title_fullStr | Lethal and severe violence: Characterizing Swedish female offenders with and without a severe mental disorder |
title_full_unstemmed | Lethal and severe violence: Characterizing Swedish female offenders with and without a severe mental disorder |
title_short | Lethal and severe violence: Characterizing Swedish female offenders with and without a severe mental disorder |
title_sort | lethal and severe violence: characterizing swedish female offenders with and without a severe mental disorder |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10117968/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37091705 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1143936 |
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