[The assessment of criminal responsibility of schizophrenic rape offenders].

Objective: To explore potential application of Diminished Criminal Responsibility Rating Scale (DCRRS) on rape offenders.

Methods: The DCRRS was used retrospectively to study 77 cases of rape offenders. They were divided into three groups according to the degree of diminished criminal responsibility.

Results: There were significant differences in rating scores among three groups (mild group 21.32+/-5.56, moderate group 25.92+/-5.19, and major group 29.54+/-4.62), and 16 of 18 items showed good correlation with the total scores of the scale (r=0.256 to 0.611), 7 factors were extracted by the factor analysis and their cumulative squared loadings was 75.784%.

Conclusion: The DCRRS is valid and reliable in a in assessment of criminal responsibility schizophrenic rape offenders.