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Jeong-Min Kim1, Kon Chu2, Keun-Hwa Jung2
1Department of Neurology, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea ; Departments of Neurology, National Forensic Hospital, Ministry of Justice, Gongju, Korea.
Background And Purpose:
We investigated the clinical and criminal characteristics of patients with epilepsy who had committed violent crimes in order to understand the mechanism of violence and to prevent future criminal activity.
Methods:
We reviewed medical and legal reports of criminals with epilepsy who were incarcerated in the Korean National Forensic Hospital between October 2007 and September 2008.
Results:
Of 761 criminals admitted to the National Forensic Hospital, 17 patients (2.2%) were diagnosed with epilepsy. All of them had localization-related epilepsy, and no patient reported an overt seizure attack around the time of a crime. Psychosis was present in eight patients, and seven patients were in a drunken state at the time of the crimes. There was a positive correlation between the patients' age at their first crime and their intelligence quotient score.
Conclusions:
These results suggest that most violent crimes take place during interictal periods, and diverse medical conditions, including inebriation, psychosis, and low intelligence, are associated with violent crimes among epileptic patients.
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