CJ 4002 Lecture 11: drugs notes 11 03/02
8 Mar 2017
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No evidence of psychopharmacological violence with marijuana or heroin. Some risk of violence during opiate or sedative withdrawal. Drinkers more likely to commit violent crime. Disinhibition model = the direct effect of alcohol causes drinkers to be liberated from society"s norms. Leads to violent behavior while under the in uence. Alcohol is a legal drug, but drinkers have higher rates of violence than nondrinkers. Some bars have more violence than others. Although cultural norms in uence and limit behavior, alcohol does disinhibit which sometimes results in violent behavior. Yet alcohol-related violence rare in some cultures. A substantial part of the alcohol - violence link may be psychopharmacological. All 3 mechanisms are possible and explain some aspects of drug-crime link. Multiple causal mechanisms may be present in speci c crime incidents. User characteristics (e. g. , age, gender, personality traits) Causal mechanisms may vary within the same individual and over time depending on the developmental stage.
