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KMID : 0357820010250020006
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Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
2001 Volume.25 No. 2 p.6 ~ p.11
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A Forensic Psychiatric Study for Substance-Related Offenders
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Lee Gyung-Sook
Lee Hyuk
Lee Mi-Kyung
Choi Sang-Sub
Lee Jung-Hwa
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Abstract
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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.
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KEYWORD
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Substance-related offender, comorbid psychiatric disorder, crime
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