What is the relationship between recidivism rates and offenders with mental disorders, as studied by ...

Rice and Harris (1992) examined 96 NCRMD defendants who were diagnosed with schizophrenia and 96 nonschizophrenic offenders. The two groups were matched on age, offence, and criminal history. The schizophrenics were less likely, although not significantly so, to violently reoffend than were the nonschizophrenics. In another study using some of the same participants as in the Rice and Harris (1992) examination, 210 NCRMD defendants were compared on post-release recidivism to a matched convicted group (Rice & Harris, 1990). The NCRMD defendants had lower rates of both general and violent recidivism than the convicted offenders. It appears that, compared with other offenders, those with a major mental illness are not more likely to commit future crimes, especially violent crimes

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