在女性观察者中,社会,法医和临床相关性与非暴力犯罪相关
Muthumuni Nemavhola1, Tando A S Melapi1, Danie Hoffman1
1Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
概括
关于女性犯罪的研究很少. 这项研究详细介绍了非暴力犯罪的妇女的特征,发现精神疾病和物质使用率高,对法医评估有影响.
科学领域:
- 法医精神病学 法医精神病学
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 心理健康 心理健康
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,女性犯罪的研究不足.
- 关于南非妇女面临非暴力指控的数据有限.
- 这项研究通过检查南非的女性犯罪者来解决这个差距.
研究的目的:
- 描述涉及非暴力犯罪的妇女的社会人口统计学,临床和法医因素.
- 确定这些因素与受审/刑事责任的适合性之间的关系.
- 探索社会人口特征与特定的非暴力指控之间的联系.
主要方法:
- 在Sterkfontein医院进行了回顾性记录审查.
- 分析了65个案例,这些案例被转移到法医精神病学观察中.
- 2010年至2019年间收集的非暴力犯罪数据.
主要成果:
- 单身身份 (84.6%),失业 (67.7%),遭受虐待 (55.4%) 和精神疾病 (90.8%) 的高患病率.
- 药物使用 (72.2%) 和不坚持治疗 (59.1%) 是常见的.
- 盗窃是最常见的指控 (64.6%);57%被认为是合适和负责任的.
结论:
- 双极性和原发性精神障碍与审判无能和缺乏责任有关.
- 鉴定的相关性应为女性犯罪者的标准法医评估提供信息.
- 建议进行进一步的研究,比较女性和男性犯罪者,以及那些有暴力犯罪的人.
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