Isacsson G, Garle M, Ljung E B, Asgård U, Bergman U
Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Family Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
Compr Psychiatry. 1998 Jul-Aug;39(4):203-5. doi: 10.1016/s0010-440x(98)90061-x.
Violent crime has been associated with the abuse of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) in several reports. Speculations concerning such associations have been raised with regard to several recent crimes committed in Sweden. To test this hypothetical relationship, individuals in a Stockholm jail who had been arrested for violent crimes were screened for AAS in the urine. No AAS were detected in the urine samples of 50 prisoners who had volunteered for the study. However, 16 prisoners refused to participate. AAS abuse was admitted by two of the participating subjects. Although there is a great need for epidemiological studies to objectively confirm the association of AAS abuse and violence, it seems that such studies will be impossible to conduct as long as they, for legal reasons, depend on voluntary participation.
在几份报告中，暴力犯罪与合成代谢雄激素类固醇（AAS）的滥用有关。关于这种关联的猜测是针对瑞典最近发生的几起犯罪事件提出的。为了检验这种假设关系，对斯德哥尔摩一所监狱中因暴力犯罪被捕的人员进行了尿液中AAS筛查。在自愿参与该研究的50名囚犯的尿液样本中未检测到AAS。然而，有16名囚犯拒绝参与。两名参与研究的受试者承认滥用了AAS。尽管非常需要进行流行病学研究来客观证实AAS滥用与暴力之间的关联，但只要出于法律原因这些研究依赖于自愿参与，似乎就无法开展此类研究。
