Comparing these 2 large studies, we observe that the
proportions of schizophrenia patients arrested or
convicted for violent crime are similar (11.2 and
13.2%, respectively). Regarding the subset of schizophrenia
patients without history of violent crime, the
proportions are also similar (7.1 and 8.5%, respectively).
The ORs, however, are substantially lower in the Swedish
sample. This difference seems to be related to the fact that
the general population rate for conviction for violent
crime in Sweden (5.3%) was twice as high as the
analogous number for arrest in Denmark (2.7%).