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Criminality Among Female Drug Abusers

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 1999
Criminality among female (n=351) drug abusers is compared to that of men (n=798) as part of a longitudinal study of persons in treatment in Sweden (the SWEDATE project). The extent of criminality was much less among females than among males, and fewer women than men were criminal. The pattern of criminality varied between the sexes.
exaly   +3 more sources

Drug‐associated psychoses and criminal responsibility

Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 2008
AbstractAt present, the law draws a distinction when assigning criminal responsibility to those who commit offences while experiencing psychotic symptoms: if the symptoms are believed to arise because of ingesting drugs (an external cause), the offender is generally convicted of the offence; if the symptoms arise from a mental illness (an internal ...
Andrew, Carroll   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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