["Atypical theft offender"--a useful diagnostic concept for forensic psychiatry?].
The paper presents a case report of a serial but from the social point of view rather inconspicuous theft offender. The motivation of this perpetrator cannot be reduced to a simple money-making-intention. It seems to be of a more complex origin which offers possibilities for a psychological interpretation. On the other hand, this offender does clearly not fulfill the criteria of kleptomania. For such cases, Anglo-American literature offers a new concept named the "atypical theft offender" ATO, witch is outlined and critically discussed by the author.
Psychiatrischen Klinik Münsterlingen/Schweiz.
Thomas
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Knecht
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