The psycho-social and clinical profile of women referred for psycho-legal evaluation to forensic mental health units in South Africa

摘要

BackgroundThere is a paucity of research on women offenders in the South African context, particularly those referred for forensic psychiatric observation. Little is known about their life histories, the nature of their offences or the psycho-social contexts that enable, or are antecedents to, women’s criminal offending.