crime and mental illness
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Crime and Mental Illness
A Psychological Perspective
Jeannie M. WeltzinArgosy University
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Mental Illness
• In 2008 Bartol states that mental illness is a disorder (some say a disease) of the mind that is judged by experts to interfere substantially with a person’s ability to cope with life on a daily basis. It presumably deprives the person of freedom of choice, but it is important to note that there are degrees to this deprivation.
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Schizophrenia• “Schizophrenia is the mental disorder that
people most often associate with “crazy behavior,” since it frequently manifests itself in highly bizarre actions.” (Bartol 2008 p. 228)
• What if the mind of a person with a mental disorder looked like this and the path was always curved so they could never see the light at the end of the tunnel?
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Parricide• Parricide- Marleau 2010 defined
parricide as the murder of one or more biological parents, stepparents, or adoptive parents. • Matricide is also a form of parricide
where the child murders their mother or feminine parental figure.
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Delusional disorders • In 2008 Bartol stated that
delusional disorders (also called paranoid disorders) are characterized by the presence of one or more nonbizarre delusions that persist for at least one month.
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Depressive Disorder
• Bartol noted in 2008 that the symptoms of depressive disorders include an extremely depressed state that lasts for at least two weeks and is accompanied by a generalized slowing down of mental and physical activity, gloom, despair, feelings of worthlessness, and perhaps frequent thoughts of suicide.
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Antisocial Personality Disorder
• The essential feature of a person with an antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a history of continuous behavior in which the rights of others are violated” (Bartol 2008 p. 235).
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Conclusion
• In a world where crime and mental illness often come hand in hand there must be something that can be done for those who suffer from these mental illness.
• Education may be one weapon that can be used against criminal behaviors cause by the mentally ill.
• Helping those who do not understand the mentally ill may also be a very important step towards helping the mentally ill better cope in society.
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References:• Bartol, C.R. (2008). Criminal behavior: a psychosocial approach. New Jersey:
Pearson Education Inc. Retrieved From: Vital Source Bookshelf • Gibbon, S., Ferriter, M., & Duggan, C. (2009). A comparison of the family and
childhood backgrounds of hospitalised offenders with schizophrenia or personality disorder. Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health, 19(3), 207-218. doi:10.1002/cbm Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/55811135?accountid=34899
• Liem, M., & Roberts, D. W. (2009). Intimate partner homicide by presence or absence of a self-destructive act. Homicide Studies, 13(4), 339-354. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/742766437?accountid=34899