Patients with intellectual disabilities in the forensic asylums 1915–1982: before admission

Problem in the proximate familyNumber of proximate family members affected (%)Mental disorder61 (22.3)Intellectual defect60 (22.0)Alcohol (substance) problem81 (29.7)Criminality26 (9.5)Supported by the poor relief52 (19.0)Parental death during childhood72 (26.4)No such family problems20 (7.3)

Table 2.

Offending behaviour described in the patient records. Some patients had several previous and different criminal offences.

OffenceN (%)N (%)Theft and robbery94 (34.4) Petty theft83 (30.5) Robbery/ organized crime11 (4.0)Sexual offences^{^a}82 (30.1) Rape17 (6.3) Attempted rape36 (13.2) Indecency or exposure42 (15.5)Violent offences^{^b}94 (34.4) Homicide12 (4.4) Serious violence offence41 (15.1) Less serious violence offence49 (18.0)Property damage39 (14.3)Arson26 (9.6)Other offending behaviour^{^c}104 (38.1) illegal begging17 (6.3) threats50 (18.4) public order offences68 (25.0)

a A few patients were convicted for several types of sexual offences.

b A few patients were convicted for both serious and less serious violent offences.

c Some patients had been convicted for more than one other type of offending behaviour.

Childhood experiences in patients with an ID. (*) indicates that the difference were found significant below the level of 0.05 using a Chi square-test.

Education and employment before admitting in the hospital. (**) indicates that the difference were found significant below the level of 0.01 using a Chi square-test.

Institutional past amongst patients with an ID. (*) indicates that the difference were found significant below the level of 0.05 using a Chi square-test.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2013.868824 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

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Language: English

Page range: 14 - 25

Submitted on: Aug 29, 2013

Accepted on: Nov 20, 2013

Published on: Jan 1, 2015

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

intellectual disabilities,

history,

mental health,

forensic,

institutions

© 2015 Erik Søndenaa, Camilla Gudde, Øyvind Thomassen, published by Stockholm University Press
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Volume 17 (2015): Issue 1

Patients with intellectual disabilities in the forensic asylums 1915–1982: before admission

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Table 1.

Problems described in the proximate family (parents and siblings) of the admitted patients (n = 272). A combination of several problems in the family was found for some of the patients.

Table 2.

Offending behaviour described in the patient records. Some patients had several previous and different criminal offences.

Figure 1.

Childhood experiences in patients with an ID. (*) indicates that the difference were found significant below the level of 0.05 using a Chi square-test.

Figure 2.

Education and employment before admitting in the hospital. (**) indicates that the difference were found significant below the level of 0.01 using a Chi square-test.

Figure 3.

Institutional past amongst patients with an ID. (*) indicates that the difference were found significant below the level of 0.05 using a Chi square-test.

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