Identifying influential factors distinguishing recidivists among offender patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia via machine learning algorithms.

Journal: Forensic science international
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Abstract

PURPOSE: There is a lack of research on predictors of criminal recidivism of offender patients diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Authors

  • Johannes Kirchebner
    University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Zurich, Switzerland. johannes.kirchebner@puk.zh.ch.
  • Moritz Philipp Günther
    University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Steffen Lau
    University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Zurich, Switzerland.