Research investigating the link between mental health, crime and violence often rely on populations that are at a high-risk of violent and criminal behaviour, such as prison inmates and psychiatric patients. As a result of this selection bias, the relationship between mental health, criminal and ...
There is a significant area of overlap between deviant behaviour, crime and mental ill-health. While some deviant behaviour involves creative individuals who are not anti-social, the main focus in this chapter is on the consequences of ‘problem’ deviance. To this end the chapter deals with co...
ContextThe relationship between mental illness and violence has a significant effect on mental health policy, clinical practice, and public opinion about
24. There is a growing understanding of the link between excessive screen time and poor mental health. 25. The investigation found a link between the suspect's fingerprints and the crime scene. 26. The study examines the link between diet and heart health. 27. There is a strong link betwe...
This chapter is about the complex connections between drugs, violence, criminality, and mental illness. To approach this theme, we recall the history of drug from the perspective of the amplified social context involving illness and public policies that
So what might be driving this association between heat and gun violence? “It could be that heat causes stress, which makes people more likely to use aggression,” Dr. Jay says. “Or it could be that people are more likely to get out on warmer days and have more interactions, whi...
This study evaluated the relationships between sensation seeking and impulsivity, appraisal of risk in several areas including crime, financial, social vio... P Horvath,M Zuckerman - 《Personality & Individual Differences》 被引量: 728发表: 1993年 The scaffolded mind: Higher mental processes are gro...
We propose a conceptual framework to examine the association between mothers' vulnerability to intimate partner violence (IPV) and children's human capital. An important contribution of our framework is that it uses multiple dimensions of human capital and identifies several pathways through which the ...
This chapter begins by introducing autism, outlining the main diagnostic features and emphasising its highly heterogeneous nature. Potential links between autism and sexual crime are considered, with particular focus on how some features of autism can contribute to specific types of sexual crime. This ...
The current chapter examines psychopathy, its etiological bases, and the nature of crime. Here, it is suggested that psychopathy mirrors the elemental nature and embodies the pejorative essence of antisocial behavior. The study of psychopathy has almost