Table 1.
Indicators and estimates used in this study.
Indicator or estimate | Definition |
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Beds for forensic psychiatric patients | Number of beds in specialized forensic in- and outpatient services, general psychiatric hospitals and medical prison wards with a specific assignment or are officially registered as bed or place for the treatment and/or detention of forensic psychiatric patients or mentally ill offenders (criteria and assignment procedures may differ across countries). If official number is unknown, estimated figures were included (marked) |
Rate of forensic psychiatric beds per country | Beds for forensic psychiatric patients (as defined above) per 100,000 population [population figures of countries by Eurostat (19)] |
Estimated treated prevalence rate of mentally ill offenders | a) Number of forensic psychiatric patients in specialized forensic psychiatric facilities (when reported) per 100,000 population b) Number of forensic psychiatric patients in all facilities (when reported) per 100,000 population [population figures of countries by Eurostat (19)] |
Indicators of incidence of mentally ill offenders | Annual number of verdicts for defendants found not being guilty by reason of insanity per 100,000 population and year [annual population number by Eurostat (19)] |