Normative Characteristics of Forensic Psychiatric Patients in Texas (From Forensic Psychiatric Patient in Texas - Historical Perspective and Normative Research on Dangerousness, Appendix 5, 1980 - See NCJ-85168)

• NCJ Number: 85173
• Author(s): J M Mullen; M Mason
• Date Published: 1980
• Length: 160 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Available on microfiche as NCJ-85168

Annotation

This study of 288 male Texas forensic patients presents the results of a demographic survey and psychological testing to be used as baseline data for the development of an equation to predict dangerousness.

Abstract

A literature review reports the results of major studies that have examined the relationship between particular demographic variables and mental patients' proneness to violence. The discussion then turns to the findings from a demographic survey of the 288 male forensic patients involved in this study. The demographic variables considered include family background characteristics, childhood and adolescent characteristics, activities during the 6 months before the present commitment, and arrest information. Data are also provided on age, race, marital status, and education. Results from psychological testing of the individuals in the sample are also included, with the number of subjects with results from particular tests varying. Results are reported from the Revised Beta IQ test, the Weschsler Adult Intelligence Scale, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, the Holtzman Inkblot Technique, and the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory. Similar information is reported for a sample of nonforensic psychiatric patients and a sample of nonpsychiatric inmates of a penal institution. Tabular data are provided.