title: [Destructiveness of the perpetrators who have committed crimes and misdemeanors].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Destructiveness in aggressive behavior is interpreted as having many causes, the psychiatric ones being of biological, social and psychopathological nature. This study was aimed at examining the differences among the perpetrators who have committed crimes and misdemeanors in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period from January 1st, 2003 to December 31st, 2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  This prospective, multicentric study used the following measuring instruments: list of general data. Hamilton Rating Scale, the Emotional Profile Index with descriptive and multivariate statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multivariate regression analysis showed that the following variables were significantly associated with violence P=0.001: long treatments OR= 810 (95), CI 0.770 -1.110], migrations [OR=0.830 (95%), CI = 0.825 -1.125,], depression [OR=1.150 (95%); CI=0.790-0.990] and the destructiveness revealed by the Emotional Profile Index test. Misdemeanors were significantly related with the following variables: P =0.001: father's education [OR=0.910 (95%), CI=0.620-1.100]; living in a suburb [OR=0.850 (95%), CI = 0.930 -1.25, P<0.001], destructiveness [OR= 0.670 (95%), CI= 990-1.210, P<0.001]; incorporation and bias on Emotional Profile Index test.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study has confirmed the increase of destructiveness in aggressive behavior in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is of great medical and legal significance. The study points to the social and psychopathological characteristics of aggression in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.affiliation: Medicinski fakultet Foca, Univerzitet u Istocnom Sarajevu. milanov@telrad.net
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Novaković
authors.affiliation: Dom zdravlja u Bijeljini, Bosna i Hercegovina.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Novaković
authors.affiliation: Dom zdravlja u Bijeljini, Bosna i Hercegovina.
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dakić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina / Q000453:epidemiology; D057237:Criminals / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011599:Psychopathology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*