Property Crime Case Study

Compare the associations between Schizophrenia and Homicide, Arson, Property Offenses, and Sexual crimes. Evaluate the research of each.
Answer: Schizophrenia and Homicide have literature on behavioral aspects of the relationship between psychotic disorders and violent offense. According to a study, a large majority of the offenders have a lack of empathy and use firearms. They are charged with violent crimes. Motivation in the association with homicide is unseen. Across studies, there are cases of drug use, arguments, use of a firearm, public offense location, and sexual offenses. Offenders have a lack of empathy and guilt during hospital research. Psychosocial research points social isolation. If you compare the research of property crimes to homicide, schizophrenic …show more content…
Research shows that sexual identities with hallucination may predispose sexual offending due to fantasies. This influences behavior to deviant sexual activities and urges. Like property crime, research has a small representative sample size for validity. Like Homicide, psychosocial factors and substance abuse are strong factors in the research. Schizophrenia and Arson are mostly unknown like property crimes. Arson psychotic offenders in a national study test the odds for arsonists to develop schizophrenia. The association is stronger for schizophrenic people than non-schizophrenic people. This is comparable to Homicide research in the pattern of association. There is a contrast in the fact the research of schizophrenic arsonists directs their hatred (the motive for crime) towards the community. While Homicide and violent crimes. One theory suggests that the caretaker of the schizophrenic person influence the decision of the schizophrenic arsonist to not burn a residence near the caretaker. They take it outside of the neighborhood. The strongest factor of schizophrenic arsonists is the alcohol abuse by an alcoholic father and psychotic mother. This is similar to