Who are the victims of NGRI acquittees?: A study of Belgian internees

Inge Jeandarme; Laura Vandenbosch; Marc Groenhuijsen; T I Oei; Stefan Bogaerts

doi:10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-16-00197

Who are the victims of NGRI acquittees? A study of Belgian internees

Inge Jeandarme, Laura Vandenbosch, Marc Groenhuijsen, T I Oei, Stefan Bogaerts

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BACKGROUND: The limited literature on victim characteristics of offenders found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) shows that most victims are adults who are known to the offender. It is currently unclear whether victims are mainly male or female or whether there are differences in the type of victims according to the offenders' psychiatric disorder.

METHOD: Victim characteristics were retrospectively collected from 362 NGRI acquittees, and the influence of psychiatric diagnoses on victim profiles was examined.

RESULTS: Victims were mainly adult acquaintances and were equally likely to be male or female. Family members and caregivers were the most frequent type of acquaintance victims. Further analyses suggest that these victim characteristics are similar for perpetrators with different psychiatric diagnoses.

CONCLUSION: Victimization of strangers and minors was unlikely in NGRI offenders.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	434-451
Number of pages	18
Journal	Violence and Victims
Volume	34
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-16-00197
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2019

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