Association between violence, psychosis, and relationship to victim in stalkers

F R Farnham; D V James; P Cantrell

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04706-6

Association between violence, psychosis, and relationship to victim in stalkers

Lancet. 2000 Jan 15;355(9199):199. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04706-6.

Authors

F R Farnham, D V James, P Cantrell

PMID: 10675121
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04706-6

Abstract

50 stalkers were assessed before their trials. Serious violence was significantly associated with previous sexual intimacy between stalker and victim; such stalkers were significantly less likely than those who stalked strangers to have psychotic illness.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Crime / psychology*
Crime Victims* / statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
London / epidemiology
Male
Psychotic Disorders* / epidemiology
Sexual Partners / psychology*
Violence / psychology