Alcohol-related offending in male special hospital patients
Thomas, Glen McMurran, Mary
Thomas, Glen
McMurran, Mary
Abstract
In a sample of 61 male Special Hospital patients, 11 (18%) were identified as having alcohol-related problems prior to admission. Ten of these alcohol-abusers were interviewed to gather further information about their drinking, offending, and the relationship between the two. Alcohol abusers showed more serious criminality than non-abusers, having significantly more previous convictions and being responsible for a disproportionately high number of offences of murder and manslaughter. Alcohol-related problems appear to have developed quickly in adolescence culminating in the index offence at around 30 years of age. At this time, the mean self-reported weekly alcohol consumption was 240 units (one unit = 8.5gm alcohol). All but one man admitted to a relationship between alcohol and crime, and most showed motivation to change their future drinking behaviour.
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1993
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Thomas, G. & McMurran, M. (1993). Alcohol-related offending in male special hospital patients. Medicine, Science and the Law, 33 (1), pp.29-32.