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Drug use by homicide offenders. J Psychoactive Drugs 1995;27(2):125-34

Date

04/01/1995

Pubmed ID

7562259

DOI

10.1080/02791072.1995.10471681

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0029043201 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   40 Citations

Abstract

This article uses data derived from interviews with 268 homicide offenders incarcerated in New York State correctional facilities to examine their drug use prior to and at the time of the homicide, and their perceptions as to whether and how the homicides were related to their drug use. Most respondents who used a drug were not hard-core users of that drug. About one in five of the respondents could be considered polydrug abusers. Thirty percent of the sample believed that the homicide was related to their drug use. Alcohol was the drug most likely to be implicated in these homicides. The implications of this research are discussed.

Author List

Spunt B, Brownstein H, Goldstein P, Fendrich M, Liberty HJ

Author

Michael Fendrich PhD Professor in the Emergency Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adult
Alcohol Drinking
Education
Employment
Female
Homicide
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Marriage
New York
Prisoners
Substance-Related Disorders