Methamphetamine use and violence among young adults
Methamphetamine use and violence among young adults
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2006.09.019
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发表时间：
2006-11-01
影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
Sommers, Ira
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作者：
Baskin-Sommers, Arielle;Sommers, Ira
目前的研究分析了18至25岁的年轻人使用甲基苯丙胺和暴力之间的关系。对106名受访者进行了抽样采访。这项研究主要基于对居住在洛杉矶县的使用甲基苯丙胺至少三个月的个人的深入生活史采访。在106名受访者中，有37人（34.9%）在甲基苯丙胺的影响下犯下了暴力行为。男性占37名受访者的三分之二（N=24）。在所有样本中，分别有38%的男性和30%的女性犯下了与甲基苯丙胺有关的暴力行为。总体而言，37名受访者报告了54起单独的暴力事件，而使用甲基苯丙胺。在这54起事件中，33起（61.1%）暴力行为涉及家庭关系，9起（16.7%）暴力事件与毒品有关，7起（13%）与帮派有关，5起（9.3%）涉及随机暴力行为（例如，研究结果表明，甲基苯丙胺的使用是暴力的一个风险因素。然而，没有证据表明所有甲基苯丙胺长期使用者都遵循一条单一、统一的职业道路。即使是长期使用甲基苯丙胺，暴力也不是不可避免的结果。(C)2006爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
The current research analyzed the relationship between methamphetamine use and violence among young adults eighteen to twenty-five years old. Interviews were conducted with a sample of 106 respondents. The research was based primarily on in-depth, life-history interviews with individuals who used methamphetamine for a minimum of three months and who resided in Los Angeles County.Of the 106 respondents, 37 (34.9 percent) had committed violence while under the influence of methamphetamine. Males comprised two-thirds of the 37 respondents (N=24). Of the total sample, 38 percent of males and 30 percent of females committed methamphetamine-related violence, respectively. Overall, the 37 respondents reported fifty-four separate violent events while using methamphetamine. Of these fifty-four events, thirty-three (61.1 percent) acts of violence involved domestic relationships, nine (16.7 percent) of the violent events were drug related, seven (13 percent) were gang related, and five (9.3 percent) involved random acts of violence (e.g., road rage, stranger assault).The findings suggest that methamphetamine use is a risk factor for violence. There was, however, no evidence of a single, uniform career path that all chronic methamphetamine users follow. Violence is not an inevitable outcome of even chronic methamphetamine use. (C) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.