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Reconviction after discharge from a regional secure unit.

S Falla1, P Sugarman, L Roberts

  • 1Kent Forensic Psychiatry Service, Trevor Gibbens Unit, Maidstone.

Medicine, Science, and the Law
|May 23, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Criminal conviction rates after discharge from UK medium-secure psychiatric facilities are largely unknown. An audit found 7% of patients committed serious offenses within three years, similar to high-security hospital rates.

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Area of Science:

  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • Criminal Justice
  • Mental Health Services

Background:

  • Limited published data exists on criminal convictions post-discharge from UK medium-secure psychiatric facilities.
  • Understanding recidivism is crucial for patient management and public safety.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To audit criminal conviction rates among patients discharged from a medium-secure forensic psychiatric service in the UK.
  • To compare these rates with existing data from high-security hospital studies.

Main Methods:

  • Audit of patient records at the Kent Forensic Psychiatry Service.
  • Analysis of criminal convictions following discharge.
  • Calculation of recidivism rates over an average follow-up period.

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Main Results:

  • A 7% rate of serious criminal offenses was identified in discharged patients.
  • The average follow-up period was three years and five months.
  • This rate is comparable to figures reported for high-security psychiatric hospitals.

Conclusions:

  • Medium-secure psychiatric facilities in the UK may have similar serious offense rates to high-security settings.
  • The majority of serious offenses were known to the clinical team.
  • Further studies with larger samples are needed to confirm these findings.