Estimated rates of mental disorders in, and situational characteristics of, incidents of nonfatal use of force by police

Purpose To examine the estimated rates of mental disorders and associated situational characteristics in people involved in nonfatal use of force incidents with police in VIC, Australia. Methods A random sample of 4,267 cases between 1995 and 2008 from a dedicated police Use of Force Register were l...

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Published in:Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2013-02, Vol.48 (2), p.225-232
Main Authors: Kesic, Dragana, Thomas, Stuart D. M., Ogloff, James R. P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aggression
Biological and medical sciences
Conduct Disorder - diagnosis
Conduct Disorder - epidemiology
Conduct Disorder - psychology
Criminals - psychology
Criminals - statistics & numerical data
Epidemiology
Female
Forensic psychiatry
Health aspects
Humans
Incidence
Law Enforcement
Male
Medical Record Linkage
Medical research
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Medicine, Experimental
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental health
Mentally ill
Mentally Ill Persons - psychology
Mentally Ill Persons - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Online databases
Original Paper
Police
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychosis
Registries - statistics & numerical data
Schizophrenia
Victoria - epidemiology
Violence - psychology
Violence - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:Purpose To examine the estimated rates of mental disorders and associated situational characteristics in people involved in nonfatal use of force incidents with police in VIC, Australia. Methods A random sample of 4,267 cases between 1995 and 2008 from a dedicated police Use of Force Register were linked with the state-wide public mental health database and a police contacts database. Rates of ICD 9 and ICD 10 mental disorders recorded on the public mental health database were examined, as well as rates of criminal offending and the characteristics of force used by both parties. Results More than a third of people on whom the police resorted to using force ( n  = 1,621, 38 %) had a history of mental disorder. Significant overrepresentations of the estimated prevalence of psychosis [12.5 %, OR = 9.03, 95 % CI (7.41, 11.01), p  
ISSN:0933-7954
1433-9285
DOI:10.1007/s00127-012-0543-4