Partners in crime: A 21-year cohort comparison of people who commit serious crimes together with those who act alone.
Aulikki Johanna Ahlgren-RimpilainenMika RautanenPublished in: Criminal behaviour and mental health : CBMH (2023)
The number of group-perpetrated crimes has not increased, according to these Finnish forensic psychiatric report data of 2000-2020, but the relatively high prevalence among them of personality and substance use disorders is a constant. Understanding psychiatric disorders as factors in both leading to and avoiding violent conflicts may help plan new approaches to further diminish group violence.