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The goal of this study is to report offense- and disorder-related recidivism rates for the understudied group of female offenders discharged from forensic psychiatric treatment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>The sample consisted of 525 German patients released from placement orders according to Section 63 (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 110) or 64 of the German Criminal Code (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 415), indicating a diagnosis of a serious mental disorder or substance use disorder, respectively. In a retrospective design, we analyzed archived patient files as well as official reconviction records.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>With average times at risk of 8.5 and 5.3 years for each placement order, we observed general recidivism rates of 19% and 46%, and violent recidivism rates of 8% and 12%. Offense-related recidivism rates showed high numbers for property offenders, threateners, and arsonists. Disorder-related recidivism rates revealed that a comorbidity of schizophrenia and alcohol use disorder increased the risk of general reoffending eightfold (Exp[<jats:italic>B<\/jats:italic>] = 8.167; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = .025), while a comorbid substance use disorder and personality disorder heightened the violent recidivism risk fourfold (Exp[<jats:italic>B<\/jats:italic>] = 4.204; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = .029). 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