S. Satoh et al., BUS HIJACKING BY A PRE-SCHIZOPHRENIC - FROM A VIEWPOINT OF CRIMINAL ROMANCE, PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES, 51(4), 1997, pp. 223-225
There are cases in which no clear symptoms of schizophrenia are observ
ed in a person at the time of a crime but are diagnosed to have schizo
phrenia after tile crime due to the appearance of typical symptoms. We
present psychiatric evidence oi a patient who saw a bus hijacking inc
ident oil TV during several years of isolation at home after graduatio
n from junior high school, and was then determined to hijack a bus, an
d carried out the crime 6 months later. The patient exhibited clear sy
mptoms of schizophrenia 3 days after tile crime. This case of a crime
committed before the appearance of clear symptoms of schizophrenia was
evaluated from the viewpoint of verbrecherromantik or 'criminal roman
ce'.