title: A comparison of "offender" and "non-offender" male patients admitted to the State Hospital, Carstairs between 1966 and 1975.
abstract: A comparison was made between 'offender' (part V) and 'non-offender' (part IV) male patients admitted to the State Hospital, Carstairs, over a ten year period. More than a third of the 'non-offender' group had at some time in the past been in penal institutions. During their stay in the State Hospital, the 'non-offender' patients were more disturbed in behaviour than their 'offender' counterparts, and relatively fewer of them were discharged during the period of study.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001519:Behavior; D002648:Child; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D003415:Crime; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006783:Hospitals, State / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners; D012606:Scotland