Korean J Leg Med.
2001 Oct;25(2):6-11.
A Forensic Psychiatric Study for Substance-Related Offenders
- Affiliations
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- 1National Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, Ministry of Justice.
- 2Hanil Hospital.
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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