Title: Attitudes of nurses and technicians about forensic patients Background: Forensic patients are perpetrators of serious crimes in an innumerable state. Like most psychiatric patients, they are often stigmatized in society due to difficult diagnoses, long-term treatment and difficult resocialization. Forensic patients are carriers of a "double" stigma, that is, in addition to the stigma of mental illness, they are also marked by the crime they committed. Whole society, including nurses/technicians and other health professionals, often have unfounded prejudices and negative attitudes towards them that consider them dangerous, incompetent and incurable. Aim: The main goal of this research is to determine whether there is a difference in attitudes towards forensic patients of nurses and technicians who work with forensic patients in relation to nurses and technicians who do not encounter them in his work. Methods: A total of 84 subjects participated in the study. Respondents were nurses and technicians currently employed at the Department of Forensic Psychiatry „Dr. Vlado Jukić“ and at the Department of Biological Psychiatry and Psychogeriatrics of the Clinic for Psychiatry Vrapče. An anonymous questionnaire specially designed for the needs of this research was used as a research instrument, consisting of a total of 23 questions. The attitudes of the respondents were measured in three categories: character traits, issues from the aspect of society and family, and questions about the treatment of forensic patients. Results: The research showed that there is a statistically significant difference in the responses of the respondents with regard to the workplace and education. Conclusion: Nurses and technicians who work with forensic patients have shown a significantly positive attitude towards forensic patients than nurses and technicians who do not encounter them in their work. Followed by the stigmas of forensic patients, this research has shown that contacts with forensic patients, but also the education of nurses and technicians are crucial in creating positive attitudes and reducing prejudices about them, and it is certainly another step in successfully combating stigma of forensic patients.