[ABSTRACT]Patients with psychotic disorders are more likely to be registered for a criminal offense. The authors reviewed the files and interviewed the 34 patients admitted to a ward of forensic psychiatry at Chainama Hills Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia on October, 1999. Among the main findings was the predominance of young patients (ranged from 26-35 years) with diagnosis of Schizophrenia, and the most common crime committed was homicide. Almost half the patients recognized having commited the cri