Citation

Herjanic M, Henn FA, Vanderpearl RH. Am. J. Psychiatry 1977; 134(5): 556-558.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1977, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

557905

Abstract

The authors examined the records of 127 female and 1,068 male offenders referred by the courts to a forensic service over a 22-year-period. Female offenders were less likely than male offenders to be referred for psychiatric evaluations when they were charged with criminal behavior. They were more likely to be charged with homicide, arson, forgery, or fraud and more frequently received diagnoses of affective disorder and neurosis.

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