Risk factors for violent and nonviolent forms of offensive behaviour of women suffering from schizophrenia

In the paper the comparative clinicalpsychopathological features of women suffering from schizophrenia and having committed aggressive and non-aggressive socially dangerous acts are analyzed. The nature and focus of criminal acts are investigated. The leading mechanisms for the implementation of both violent and non-violent offences committed by female patients with schizophrenia have been defined. The comparative influence of social factors contributing to the implementation of offensive behaviour by women with schizophrenia has been analyzed