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The Relationship of Alcoholism to Violent Behaviour Resulting in Long-term Imprisonment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. R. Nicol ,
J. C. Gunn ,
J. Gristwood ,
R. H. Foggitt  and
J. P. Watson
A. R. Nicol
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London; now Principal Research Associate, Nuffield Child Psychiatry Unit, Hospital for Sick Children, Great North Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 3AX
J. C. Gunn
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry
J. Gristwood
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry
R. H. Foggitt
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
J. P. Watson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St. George's Hospital Medical School, Clare House, Blackshaw Road, London, S.W. 17
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An association between alcohol use and violent behaviour has commonly been reported in the literature, both in the context of alcohol use at the time of the violent act (Wolfgang et al., 1956; McLintock, 1963) and in the context of the alcohol habit of men convicted of violent offences (Gibbens and Silberman, 1970). Similarly a high incidence of severe alcohol addiction has been found in men appearing before courts (Gath, 1969) and in prisons (Hensman, 1969).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 123 , Issue 572 , July 1973 , pp. 47 - 51
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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