NCJ Number
113911
Journal
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Volume: 32 Issue: 2 Dated: (September 1988) Pages: 143-151
Date Published
1988
Length
9 pages
Annotation
This article examined the offense characteristics between mentally disordered and non-mentally disordered inmates within two distinct subgroups of high rate offenders: 'repeat' and 'recidivist' offenders.
Abstract
The results indicated that the mentally disordered recidivists were charged more with minor crimes than the non-mentally disordered recidivists. This finding, coupled with the social differences found among non-serious repeat offenders, suggests that career criminals are not as homogenous -- as a group than is generally assumed in the literature. (Author abstract)