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Prevalence of criminal thinking among state prison inmates with serious mental illness
Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center Publications
  • Robert D. Morgan, Texas Tech University
  • William H. Fisher, University of Massachusetts Medical School
  • Naihua Duan, Columbia University
  • Jon T. Mandracchia, Texas Tech University
  • Danielle Murray, Texas Tech University
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry
Publication Date
2010-8-1
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Adult; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders; Prisoners; Psychological Tests
Abstract

To examine the prevalence of criminal thinking in mentally disordered offenders, incarcerated male (n = 265) and female (n = 149) offenders completed measures of psychiatric functioning and criminal thinking. Results indicated 92% of the participants were diagnosed with a serious mental illness, and mentally disordered offenders produced criminal thinking scores on the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) and Criminal Sentiments Scale-Modified (CSS-M) similar to that of non-mentally ill offenders. Collectively, results indicated the clinical presentation of mentally disordered offenders is similar to that of psychiatric patients and criminals. Implications are discussed with specific focus on the need for mental health professionals to treat co-occurring issues of mental illness and criminality in correctional mental health treatment programs.

DOI of Published Version
10.1007/s10979-009-9182-z
Source
Law Hum Behav. 2010 Aug;34(4):324-36. Epub 2009 Jun 24. Link to article on publisher's site
Related Resources
Link to Article in PubMed
PubMed ID
19551496
Citation Information
Robert D. Morgan, William H. Fisher, Naihua Duan, Jon T. Mandracchia, et al.. "Prevalence of criminal thinking among state prison inmates with serious mental illness" Vol. 34 Iss. 4 (2010) ISSN: 0147-7307 (Linking)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert_morgan/40/