Reflections on the sociodemographic and medicolegal profiles of female criminal defendants

Article Abstract:

The typical female offender is young, has poor education, a low paying job, is unmarried and comes from a broken home. Over half of the 222 female offenders studied were schizophrenic, had major affective or psychoactive substance use disorders. Most of the personality disorders in the group were borderline or antisocial. Property offenses were the most common crime. More detailed knowledge of the life situations of female offenders might help in designing preventive programs.

Psychological aspects, Women criminals

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An experimental test of chemical dependency therapy for jail inmates

Article Abstract:

Reports about drug use and crime have been reported widely. In a study, a treatment group and a control group were compromised of 145 prisoners who were screened for chemical dependency and assigned randomly to either one of those groups. Treatment involved 72 hours of Glasser's "Reality Therapy." Criminal behavior was evaluated for a period of two years after treatment. The analysis indicated no significant difference between treatment and control groups.

Research, Substance abuse, Drug addicts, Drug abusers, Prisoners

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