Domestic Violence, Alcohol Consumption and Depression in Criminal Population

Abstract

The objective of this research was to determine the differences in levels of domestic violence, alcohol and depression by type of crime committed on 259 men and 200 women inmates of the Centre for Social Rehabilitation in Mexico. To assess alcohol consumption indicators were adapted from the National Addiction Survey, the CES-D was used to measure depressive symptoms and in terms of domestic violence, we designed a 16-reactive scale evaluating: verbal aggression, physical aggression, humiliation and respect. The results showed significant differences not by gender but by type of crime committed, specifically on domestic violence, in which was found that women had higher scores than men. Furthermore, the analysis by type of crime committed found a higher number of subjects with severe consumption that health damages and homicides. Regarding depressive symptoms, the results showed that women had higher scores than men; however, these differences were not significant. In conclusion, data indicate relevant differences by gender in terms of domestic violence, depressive symptoms and substance use, but not so, on the type of crime by substance consumption, depression or family violence.

Patología dual en poblaciones especiales: una revisión narrativa

“…Respecto a las diferencias en las prevalencias, resalta que mientras en reclusos hombres son más frecuentes los trastornos de ansiedad, psicóticos y antisocial de la personalidad, concurrentes con los trastornos por consumo de alcohol y por uso de cannabis, en las mujeres se presentan más los trastornos afectivos, de alimentación, por déficit de atención, de estrés postraumático y límite de la personalidad, concurrentes con el consumo de alcohol y estimulantes (Butler et al, 2011;Konstenius et al, 2015;Martínez-Lanz & Fernández Díaz, 2013;Zlotnick et al, 2008). Sobre diferencias de género en factores de riesgo, se ha visto que en hombres el abuso físico en la infancia predice más la PD, mientras que en las mujeres, el abuso sexual tiene un mayor valor predictivo (Villagrá et al, 2013).…”

“…Sobre diferencias de género en factores de riesgo, se ha visto que en hombres el abuso físico en la infancia predice más la PD, mientras que en las mujeres, el abuso sexual tiene un mayor valor predictivo (Villagrá et al, 2013). También se ha documentado que entre las mujeres reclusas existe una mayor probabilidad de presentar conductas suicidas (Lukasiewicz et al, 2009) y se reporta una mayor violencia doméstica que en los hombres (Martínez Lanz et al, 2013).…”

“…En una revisión sistemática realizada por Fazel y Seewald (2012) se encontró que sólo 9% de los estudios incluidos fueron realizados en países de mediano y bajo ingreso, donde la prevalencia de depresión (22.5%) y psicosis (5.5%) en reclusos fue mayor que en los países de alto ingreso (10% y 3.5%, respectivamente). Adicionalmente, varios de los estudios llevados a cabo en estos países se han realizado con muestras pequeñas o provenientes de un número reducido de prisiones, lo que limita su representatividad (Cravioto, Medina-Mora, Rosa, Galván, & Tapia-Conyer, 2003;Martínez-Lanz, Ocampo, Beyruti, & de la Torre., 2012;Martínez-Lanz & Fernández Díaz, 2013).…”

Examining Depression Among Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Homicide

“…Furthermore, men who attempted and completed suicide were more likely to express violence as a child than women, but no gender differences were found in expressed violence in adulthood (Jokinen et al, 2010). One study demonstrated that severely depressed men in an incarcerated population were most commonly detained for causing bodily harm (Lanz & Díaz, 2013). Finally, a Swedish population study found that 14% of men with depression committed a violent crime, which included but was not limited to homicide, assault, or any sexual offense, compared with 2% of women with depression (Fazel et al, 2015), suggesting that the ultimate escape behavior may also include homicide and not just suicide.…”