Pathway to criminal behaviors: A profile of drug dependent offenders enforced for treatment by a court order

Omar Al-Gomer; Graham Shiles; Mohamed Abdelghani; Hamdy F. Moselhy

doi:10.1097/01.adt.0000210706.72574.ac

Pathway to criminal behaviors: A profile of drug dependent offenders enforced for treatment by a court order

Omar Al-Gomer, Graham Shiles, Mohamed Abdelghani, Hamdy F. Moselhy

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Abstract

Case notes of 68 patients were used. Nearly 81% were male and 19% female. Most of the referrals were from the Probation Service. 65 Offenders (95.6%) had a diagnosis of opiate dependence syndrome and only 3 cases (4.4%) were cocaine dependent. 20.6% of the patients had no previous convictions and the average number of crimes was 4.3%. The average onset of criminal activity was 21%. The amount of heroin misuse was the only predictive factor for being involved in current crimes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	73-76
Number of pages	4
Journal	Addictive Disorders and their Treatment
Volume	6
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/01.adt.0000210706.72574.ac
Publication status	Published - Jun 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Court order
Criminal behavior
Drug dependent offender

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine (miscellaneous)
Psychiatry and Mental health

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