TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding the relationship between mental disorder and violence
T2 - The need for a criminological perspective
AU - Silver, Eric
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health’s Center for Mental Health Services and Criminal Justice Research. Special thanks go to Edward P. Mulvey, Henry J. Steadman, John Monahan, and Brent Teasdale for commenting on an earlier draft of this work.
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - This paper offers a criminologically informed framework to guide research on the relationship between mental disorder and violence. Criminological theories examined include social learning, social stress, social control, rational choice, and social disorganization. In addition, the "criminal careers" and "local life circumstance" methodologies are reviewed. It is argued that adopting a criminologically informed framework that takes into account within-person changes over time will contribute greatly to our understanding of the factors that affect violence among people with mental disorder living in the community, and enhance the capacity of research to support effective evidenced-based case management programs aimed at reducing violence.
AB - This paper offers a criminologically informed framework to guide research on the relationship between mental disorder and violence. Criminological theories examined include social learning, social stress, social control, rational choice, and social disorganization. In addition, the "criminal careers" and "local life circumstance" methodologies are reviewed. It is argued that adopting a criminologically informed framework that takes into account within-person changes over time will contribute greatly to our understanding of the factors that affect violence among people with mental disorder living in the community, and enhance the capacity of research to support effective evidenced-based case management programs aimed at reducing violence.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10979-006-9018-z
DO - 10.1007/s10979-006-9018-z
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16972182
AN - SCOPUS:33751519259
SN - 0147-7307
VL - 30
SP - 685
EP - 706
JO - Law and human behavior
JF - Law and human behavior
IS - 6
ER -
