Antisocial personality disorder as a predictor of criminal behaviour in a longitudinal study of a cohort of abusers of several classes of drugs: Relation to type of substance and type of crime

Fridell, Mats; Hesse, Morten; Jæger, Mads Meier; Kühlhorn, Eckart

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.01.001

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“…The inmates sentenced for these two types of crimes present very similar sociodemographic, psychopathological, and criminal characteristics, defining a general profile characterized by being under 40 years old, having economic deficits, low educational level, low professional qualification, drug use (between 60-70%), and personality disorders, mainly antisocial disorder. Their criminal history is also usually extensive, displaying criminal versatility, recidivism, and violation of judicial measures, use of weapons and violence (Baillargeon, Binswanger, Penn, Williams, & Murray, 2009;Fridell, Hesse, Jaeger, & Kühlhorn, 2008;Salize, Dressing, & Kief, 2007). In these criminal profiles, drug trafficking and theft are closely related, with similar characteristics, and both felonies normally coincide in these individuals' criminal history, thus becoming the collective with the largest representation among the prison population.…”

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Risk factors for intimate partner violence in prison inmates

Hernández¹,

García-Jiménez²,

Llor-Esteban³

et al. 2015

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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A B S T R A C TEtiological models of intimate partner violence (IPV) identify general risk factors in delinquency (sociodemographic, delinquent, and psychopathological) and specific factors in this type of aggression (characteristics of the couple relationship and attitudes favoring IPV). The goal of the present work is to study these factors in individuals convicted for drug trafficking and/or theft, so-called common delinquents (n = 89), comparing them with a group of partner aggressors (n = 50). Assessment was carried out with a mixed method, reviewing case files, clinical interviews for personality disorders, and self-reports. The results show a similar profile in sociodemographic and criminal characteristics and in attitudes favoring IPV. The differences emerge in variables of the couple relationship and psychopathological variables, finding higher prevalence of the antisocial disorder in common delinquents and of the borderline disorder in aggressors. The final model identifies the level of relationship satisfaction, control over the partner, blaming female victims, and incidence of borderline personality disorder as relevant variables. The implications of these results for penitentiary treatment as a preventive measure of IPV, both in IPV aggressors and in the general prison population, are discussed.Los modelos etiológicos de la violencia contra la pareja (VCP) identifican factores de riesgo generales en delincuencia (sociodemográficos, delictivos y psicopatológicos) y factores específicos en este tipo de agresión (características en la relación de pareja y actitudes que facilitan la VCP). El objetivo del presente trabajo es estudiar estos factores en sujetos condenados por tráfico de drogas y/o robo, denominados delincuentes comunes (n = 89), comparándolos con un grupo de agresores contra la pareja (n = 50). La evaluación se ha realizado a través de un método mixto, con supervisión de expedientes penitenciarios y entrevistas clínicas para los trastornos de personalidad y autoinformes. Los resultados muestran un perfil similar en características sociodemográficas, delictivas y en actitudes que favorecen la VCP. Las diferencias se dan en variables de relación de pareja y psicopatológicas, encontrando una mayor prevalencia del trastorno antisocial en los delincuentes comunes y del trastorno límite en los agresores. El modelo final identifica como variables relevantes el nivel de satisfacción en la relación, control sobre la pareja, culpabilización a las mujeres víctimas e incidencia del trastorno límite de personalidad. Se discuten las implicaciones de estos resultados en el tratamiento penitenciario, tanto de los agresores en VCP como de la población reclusa en general, como medidas preventivas de la VCP.

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Risk factors for intimate partner violence in prison inmates

Hernández¹,

García-Jiménez²,

Llor-Esteban³

et al. 2015

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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“…Another study showed that after release from prison, the risk of reoffending is particularly high among those dependent on psychoactive substances [22]. This is because while some part of criminal behavior is likely to occur in order to finance drug use, substance use is also clearly associated with violent crime [6,2].…”

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“…Drug abuse is illegal and drug abusers are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime and violence [1][2][3].…”

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Substance Use Disorder and Reoffending Among Inmates Awaiting Trial in a Maximum Security Prison in Nigeria

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“…In relation to the influence of dopamine in clinical behaviours, despite the observation that antisocial individuals abuse dopamine agonists (e.g., amphetamine and codeine; Fridell et al 2008) and such longterm abuse leads to cognitive impairments (review, Ornstein et al 2000), it is not yet known whether this abuse leads to increased appetitive, or decreased aversive, motivation. Nonetheless, the findings demonstrating enhanced learning from reward signals, but also decreased learning from punishment signals following dopaminergic therapy in Parkinson's Disease (Bódi et al 2009;Cools et al 2006;Frank et al 2004Frank et al , 2007Graef et al 2010;Kobayakawa et al 2010), indicate that both appetitive and aversive motivational systems are influenced by dopamine.…”

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