TY  - JOUR
T1  - DRug involvement in criminal assaults by adolescents
AU  - Tinklenberg JR, Murphy PL, Murphy P, Darley CF, Roth WT, Kopell BS
Y1  - 1974/05/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpsyc.1974.01760110097012
JO  - Archives of General Psychiatry
SP  - 685
EP  - 689
VL  - 30
IS  - 5
N2  - Fifty male, adolescent, assaultive offenders incarcerated in California were compared for drug use and criminal behavior with 80 nonassaultive offenders of similar background by utilizing semistructured interviews and a review of official records.In 36 of the 56 assaults resulting in tissue damage, the assailant described himself as under the influence of a drug at the time of the offense. Alcohol or secobarbital, alone or in combination with other drugs, were reported in 31 of the 36 drug-related assaults including seven assaults that resulted in the death of the victim. Marihuana used alone or with other drugs was associated with six assaults; amphetamine was linked with two offenses.The study subjects overwhelmingly selected secobarbital as the drug most likely to enhance assaultive tendencies.
SN  - 0003-990X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1974.01760110097012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1974.01760110097012
ER  -