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- Table 1
Demographics and Victim Characteristics in GBMI and Non-GBMI Mentally Ill Female Prisoners
GBMI (n = 30), n (%) Guilty (n = 30), n (%) Total (n = 60), n (%) Race Black 13 (43.3) 13 (43.3) 26 (43.3) White 17 (56.7) 17 (56.7) 34 (56.7) Marital Status* Divorced/separated 16 (53.5) 6 (20) 22 (36.7) Married 4 (13.3) 8 (26.7) 12 (20) Single 10 (13.3) 16 (53.3) 26 (43.3) Education Less than high school 9 (30) 15 (50) 24 (40) High school or equivalent 15 (50) 12 (40) 27 (45) College 6 (20) 3 (10) 9 (15) Employment Employed 3 (10) 5 (16.7) 8 (13.3) Unemployed 27 (90) 25 (83.3) 52 (86.7) Source of Income Job 2 (6.7) 4 (13.3) 6 (10) SSI/SSD/family 16 (53.3) 6 (20) 22 (36.7) None* 12 (40) 20 (66.7) 32 (53.3) Victim Gender Male 16 (53.3) 16 (53.3) 32 (53.3) Female 14 (46.7) 14 (46.7) 28 (46.7) Victim Relationship Child 7 (23.3) 2 (6.7) 9 (15) Spouse 6 (20) 4 (13.3) 10 (16.7) Other family member 4 (13.3) 4 (13.3) 8 (13.3) Friend/acquaintance/stranger 13 (43.4) 20 (66.7) 33 (55) GBMI, guilty but mentally ill; SSI, Social Security insurance; SSD, Social Security disability.
↵* χ2 test, p < .05.
GBMI, n (%) Guilty, n (%) Total, n (%) Axis I Disorders Schizophrenia 2 (6.7) 1 (3.3) 3 (5) Schizoaffective disorder 5 (16.7) 6 (20) 11 (18.3) Other psychotic disorder 4 (13.3) 1 (3.3) 5 (8.3) Major Depressive disorder 4 (13.3) 7 (23.3) 11 (18.3) Bipolar disorder 6 (20) 6 (20) 12 (20) Other 12 (40) 7 (23.3) 19 (31.7) Alcohol dependence 16 (53.3) 15 (50) 28 (46.7) Cannabis dependence 15 (50) 17 (56.7) 32 (53.3) Cocaine dependence* 10 (33.3) 18 (60) 28 (46.7) LSD use 3 (10) 1 (3.3) 4 (6.7) Opioid dependence 2 (6.7) 4 (13.3) 6 (10) Substance abuse at time of crime* 11 (36.7) 6 (20) 12 (20) Axis II Disorders Borderline personality disorder 10 (33.3) 4 (13.3) 14 (23.3) Antisocial personality disorder* 5 (16.7) 15 (50) 20 (33.3) Other 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) ↵* χ2 test, p < .05.
- Table 4
Violence Tickets and Time on Acute/RTP Units in Axis I and II Disorders in the Combined GBMI and non-GBMI Mentally Ill Population
Mean Rank Mean (+)Disorder (−)Disorder (+)Disorder (−)Disorder Affective Disorders* Acute+RTP/12 months, % 29.78 30.95 22.09 20.68 Violence tickets in first year 26.80 32.80 0.74 1.11 Psychotic Disorders† Acute+RTP/12 months, %‡ 38.79 26.66 33.47 15.54 Violence tickets in first year 31.53 30.02 1.05 0.93 Borderline Personality Disorder Acute+RTP/12 months, % 28.32 31.16 18.83 21.95 Violence tickets in first year§ 45.93 25.80 2.00 0.65 Antisocial Personality Disorder Acute+RTP/12 months, % 30.43 30.54 20.80 21.43 Violence tickets in first year 35.78 27.86 1.25 0.83 ↵* Affective disorders include bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and mood disorders not otherwise specified.
↵† Psychotic disorders include schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, psychotic disorder not otherwise specified, and affective psychosis.
↵‡ χ2 test, p < .05.
↵§ χ2 test, p < .001.
