Departamento de Psicología y Pedagogía, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Adicciones. 2013;25(2):146-55.
This study explores the prevalence of criminal behaviour in patients addicted to drugs who are in treatment. A sample of 252 addicted patients (203 male and 49 female) who sought outpatient treatment at a specialized centre was assessed. Information on criminal behaviours, socio-demographic factors, consumption factors (assessed by the EuropAsi), psychopathological factors (assessed by SCL-90-R) and personality variables (assessed by MCMI-II) was collected. Patients presenting criminal behaviour were compared with those who were not associated with crime for all the variables studied. The rate of drug-addicted patients with criminal behaviour in this sample was 60.3% (n = 150), and it was mainly related to traffic offenses, followed by drug dealing offenses. Significant differences were observed between patients with and without criminal behaviour. Patients with criminal problems were mostly men and single. Moreover, they were more likely to report poly-consumption. Furthermore, significant differences were observed on several variables: EuropAsi, SCL-90-R and MCMI-II. According to these results, patients with associated criminal behaviour presented a more severe addiction problem. The implications of these findings for clinical practice and future research are discussed.
本研究旨在探讨接受治疗的吸毒成瘾患者中犯罪行为的普遍程度。对在专门中心接受门诊治疗的 252 名吸毒成瘾患者（203 名男性和 49 名女性）进行了评估。收集了犯罪行为、社会人口学因素、消费因素（由 EuropAsi 评估）、精神病理学因素（由 SCL-90-R 评估）和人格变量（由 MCMI-II 评估）的信息。将有犯罪行为的患者与没有犯罪行为的患者进行了所有研究变量的比较。在这个样本中，有犯罪行为的吸毒成瘾患者的比例为 60.3%（n=150），主要与交通违章有关，其次是毒品交易犯罪。有犯罪行为和没有犯罪行为的患者之间存在显著差异。有犯罪问题的患者大多是男性和单身。此外，他们更有可能报告多药滥用。此外，在几个变量上观察到显著差异：EuropAsi、SCL-90-R 和 MCMI-II。根据这些结果，有相关犯罪行为的患者表现出更严重的成瘾问题。讨论了这些发现对临床实践和未来研究的意义。
