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Relationship of Mental Disorder to Violent Behavior, Summary of Findings

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Date Published

1988

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Disturbed Violent Offender, Final Report

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Date Published

1988

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Dangerous Weapons or Dangerous People? The Temporal Associations Between Gun Violence and Mental Health

Journal

Preventive Medicine

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Date Published

2019

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Parental Mental Disorder and Offspring Criminal Behavior: An Adoption Study

Journal

Psychiatry

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Date Published

1987

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Comorbidity Between Abuse of an Adult and DSM-III-R Mental Disorders: Evidence From an Epidemiological Study

Journal

American Journal of Psychiatry

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Date Published

January 1998

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Influence of Community Violence on the Functioning of Women Experiencing Domestic Violence

Journal

American Journal of Community Psychology

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Date Published

September 2005

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

ADHD Among Incarcerated Youth: An Investigation on the Congruency with ADHD Prevalence and Correlates Among the General Population

Journal

American Journal of Criminal Justice

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Date Published

2005

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

SCHIZOPHENIA AS A CONTINGENT RISK FACTOR FOR CRIMINAL VIOLENCE

Journal

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

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Date Published

1993

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Relationship of Mood Disorders to Violence

Journal

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

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Date Published

1990

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Comparison of the Community Adjustment of Mentally Ill Offenders With Those From the General Prison Population: An 18-Month Followup

Journal

Law and Human Relations

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Date Published

1991

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Follow-up after Release of Insanity Acquittees, Mentally Disordered Offenders, and Convicted Felons

Journal

Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

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Date Published

1989

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Police Handling of the Mentally Ill: Sharing Responsibility with the Mental Health System

Journal

Journal of Criminal Justice

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Date Published

1989

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Issue Overview

Impact of State Mental Hospital Deinstitutionalization on Commitments for Incompetency to Stand Trial

Journal

Criminology

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Date Published

1988

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Impact of State Mental Hospital Deinstitutionalization of United States Prison Populations, 1968-1978

Journal

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Date Published

1984

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Improving Officer Safety in Interactions With Citizens Suffering From Mental Illness

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Date Published

May 2017

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NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

When Silenced Voices Speak: An Exploratory Study of Prostitute Homicide

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Date Published

August 2001

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Thesis/Dissertation

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Criminal Justice 2000, Volume 3: Policies, Processes, and Decisions of the Criminal Justice System

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Date Published

July 2000

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NIJ

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review