TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Sexual and Nonsexual Violent Offenders
JO  - Sexual abuse: a journal of research and treatment
A1  - Abracen, Jeffrey
A1  - Looman, Jan
A1  - Anderson, Dana
SP  - 263
EP  - 274
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
N2  - According to a literature review by Marshall (1996), presently available data have not clarified the proportion of sexual offenders who would meet diagnostic criteria for addictive problems. The authors' own literature review failed to find published studies comparing sexual offenders to nonsexual violent offenders on standardized measures of substance abuse. The authors' study is a preliminary investigation of the differences between sexual offenders (rapists: n = 72; child molesters: n = 34) and nonsexual violent offenders (n = 24) on measures of alcohol and drug abuse. The findings indicate that sexual offenders were more likely to abuse alcohol than were nonsexual violent offenders. Nonsexual offenders were significantly more likely to have had a history of other forms of substance abuse. The results are considered in terms of theories of alcohol's contribution to aggressive behavior and sexual aggression. Implications for assessment and treatment of sexual offenders are discussed.(Abstract Adapted from Source: Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 2000. Copyright © 2000 by Springer)  Adult Male Adult Offender Adult Violence Male Offender Male Violence Offender Assessment Sexual Assault Offender Child Abuse Offender Child Sexual Abuse Offender Child Molester Rape Offender Offender Characteristics Adult Substance Use Offender Substance Use Alcohol Use Drug Use Sexual-Non Sexual Offender Comparison Violence Against Women 03-02<p />
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SN  - 1079-0632
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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