I have - more or less in vain - searched for literature on variations in the prevalence of alcohol problems among priosners according to the type of crime thay have committed. Any suggestions?
Hi Hilde,
If you are prepared to look at primary sources UK police forces will likely have crime data that shows alcohol as an aggravator for offending.
Cheers,
Martin
Alcohol-related crime usually involves damage to people or property. Heroin-related crime - by addicts rather than major dealers - is usually acquisitive.
Alcoholism can also cause cerebral atrophy, which can add - especially in older alcoholics - to the loss of inhibitions that is a major factor in alcohol-related crime. Heroin doesn't directly cause organ damage, though it can damage the brain indirectly, if overdose causes severe hypoxia.
"Alcoholism can also cause cerebral atrophy, which can add - especially in older alcoholics - to the loss of inhibitions that is a major factor in alcohol-related crime."
My guess is that the commonest and most important societal consequences of the disinhibitory effects of alcohol are in the young, from acute alcohol intoxication. However, society is in denial over this, eg in date rape.
Have you thought of looking initially at foetal alcohol syndrome. Studies have been carried out regarding its effect on offending in adolescence
I analyse data from a sample of prisoners, preliminary analyses indicate the prevalence of pre-prison alcohol problems (assessed using the AUDIT) is lower among sexual offenders (as compared to other priosners) and elevated among DUI offenders and those who have committed violent crimes. I have not found other studies that shed light on this issue...
Serena Yunran Zhang Would you be able to suggest some litterature for Hilde? I was thinking that there may be something in control studies?
BTW: Yunran and I tried to to look into the effect of alcohol in an inprisonment/treatment population in China. Unfortunate the alcohol vaiables sees to be problmatic for the anaysis... So i did not explain alot. You could have the abstract that we submitted for KBS.
Hi, Hilde! Please kindly find the abstract that Jakob and I submitted to KBS 2019 via this link: Conference Paper How do early alcohol use, self-control, and drug-using frien...
I will come back to you with some literature on alcohol and types of crime later :) Jakob Demant
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