@article{ref1,
title="Ethnicity, violent offending, and vulnerability to schizophrenia: A pilot study",
journal="Psychology and psychotherapy",
year="2012",
author="Mason, O. J. and Medford, S. and Peters, E. R.",
volume="85",
number="2",
pages="143-149",
abstract="Previous research has highlighted increased risk for schizophrenia in Afro-Caribbeans as well as over-representation in the prison population. This small-scale study examined the relationship between criminality, ethnicity, and psychosis-proneness in a male prison sample. Twenty British Caucasian and 20 Afro-Caribbean prisoners were divided into equal sub-groups of violent and non-violent offenders. Participants completed measures of schizotypy, delusional ideation, and hostility. Afro-Caribbean offenders scored more highly on negative schizotypy and delusional ideation than their Caucasian counterparts. Violent offenders scored more highly on the positive symptoms of schizotypy than non-violent prisoners. Both ethnicity and violent offending may be relevant factors when considering vulnerability to psychosis in the offending population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1476-0835",
doi="10.1111/j.2044-8341.2011.02021.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8341.2011.02021.x"
}