[The application of diminished criminal responsibility rating scale to schizophrenia offenders].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the feasibility of Diminished Criminal Responsibility Rating Scale(DCRRS) to schizophrenia offenders.


METHODS
The DCRRS were used respectively to 325 cases of schizophrenia offender which were divided into three groups according to the degree of criminal responsibility.


RESULTS
There were significant differences in rating score among three groups (mild group 21.16 +/- 4.17, moderate group 25.87 +/- 5.43, major group 29.35 +/- 4.60), and all items have good correlation with the total score of the scale. 6 factors were extracted by the factor analysis, and their cumulative squared loadings is 68.485%.


CONCLUSIONS
The diminished criminal responsibility in schizophrenia offenders could be divided into three grades.
Huang
Fu-Yin
FY
Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, PR China, Shanghai 200063, China.
Cai
Wei-Xiong
WX
Zhang
Qin-Ting
QT
Tang
Tao
T
Wu
Jia-Sheng
JS
Wang
Jian-Jun
JJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003415:Crime / Q000523:psychology*; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000523:psychology; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia; D055815:Young Adult