Citation

Spunt B, Brownstein H, Goldstein P, Fendrich M, Liberty HJ. J. Psychoactive Drugs 1995; 27(2): 125-134.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York 10019, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Haight-Ashbury Publications in association with the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7562259

Abstract

This article uses data derived from interviews with 268 homicide offenders incarcerated in New York State correctional facilities to examine their drug use prior to and at the time of the homicide, and their perceptions as to whether and how the homicides were related to their drug use. Most respondents who used a drug were not hard-core users of that drug. About one in five of the respondents could be considered polydrug abusers. Thirty percent of the sample believed that the homicide was related to their drug use. Alcohol was the drug most likely to be implicated in these homicides. The implications of this research are discussed.

Language: en