A Forensic Psychiatric Study for Substance-Related Offenders.
- Author:
Gyung Sook LEE
1
;
Hyuk LEE
;
Mi Kyung LEE
;
Sang Sub CHOI
;
Jung Hwa LEE
Author Information
1. National Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, Ministry of Justice.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Substance-related offender;
comorbid psychiatric disorder;
crime
- MeSH:
Adhesives;
Classification;
Crime;
Criminals*;
Firesetting Behavior;
Humans;
Male;
Mental Disorders;
Methamphetamine;
Mood Disorders;
Personality Disorders;
Psychotic Disorders;
Rape;
Violence
- From:Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
2001;25(2):6-11
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECT: This study examined the demographic characteristics, abused substance types, comorbid psychiatric diagnosis and associated crimes of substance-related offenders. METHOD: We surveyed 205 offenders of substance-related crime from court. RESULT: Substance-related offenders were all men and most of them were unemployed, living alone in the major city and mean age was 27.9+/-5.77years. 78.5% frequently abused inhalants like adhesives and 17.1% abused the methamphetamine. They violated the 1 or more times and the classification of crimes was violence, rape and rape-injury, larceny, arson. Substance-related offenders had comorbid psychiatric disorder ; 26 of them had personality disorder, 23 had mood disorder and 13 had psychotic disorder. Mean hospital day was 14.8+/-6.55 months. CONCLUSION: Substance-related offenders were young single men without a job living major city. They had comorbid psychiatric disorder and high risk to commit crime.
