PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - JA Phillips
AU  - SJ Nixon
AU  - B Pfefferbaum
TI  - A comparison of substance abuse among female offender subtypes
DP  - 2002 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 513--519
VI  - 30
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/30/4/513.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/30/4/513.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2002 Dec 01; 30
AB  - The relationship between substance abuse and female criminal offending has been understudied. To aid in clarification of this relation, substance use histories of female offender subtypes were compared. Participants were 152 female prison inmates subgrouped on the basis of offense category: violent (n = 79), property (n = 39), and drug (n = 34). As hypothesized, substance use histories differed across offender subgroups. Violent offenders were most clearly distinguished from other offender subgroups. The data provide evidence linking alcohol, combined cocaine and alcohol, and marijuana misuse with serious violent offending among women and show that violent offenders, compared with other offender subgroups, perceive less association between alcohol consumption and alcohol-related negative consequences.