Explaining the increased arrest rate among mental patients: a cautionary note

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The annual arrest rates through 1978 of 30 state mental hospital patients released in 1972-1975 were compared with arrest rates of the local county (San Mateo County, [California, USA]) population in 1978. The data do not easily allow acceptance of the explanation for the increased arrest rate among ex-patients, suggesting that a definable group with previous arrests accounts for the increase. In San Mateo County, ex-patients with no previous arrests were arrested roughly 3 times more often than the local county population, and 5 times more often for serious violent crimes.

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