Bus hijacking by a pre-schizophrenic: from a viewpoint of criminal romance.
There are cases in which no clear symptoms of schizophrenia are observed in a person at the time of a crime but are diagnosed to have schizophrenia after the crime due to the appearance of typical symptoms. We present psychiatric evidence of a patient who saw a bus hijacking incident on TV during several years of isolation at home after graduation from junior high school, and was then determined to hijack a bus, and carried out the crime 6 months later. The patient exhibited clear symptoms of schizophrenia 3 days after the crime. This case of a crime committed before the appearance of clear symptoms of schizophrenia was evaluated from the viewpoint of verbrecherromantik or 'criminal romance'.
Satoh
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S
Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Obata
S
S
Tanaka
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H
Ito
S
S
Ishizuka
C
C
Minoshita
S
S
Morita
N
N
D000328:Adult; D003068:Coercion; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005201:Fantasy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D012934:Social Isolation; D013800:Theft / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014186:Transportation