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Article de Périodique
Does phencyclidine (PCP) use increase violent crime? (1991)
(La consommation de phencyclidine accroît-elle le crime violent ?)
Auteur(s) :
KINLOCK, T. W.
Année
1991
Page(s) :
795-816
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
50
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
PHENCYCLIDINE
;
VIOLENCE
;
CRIME
;
EFFET SECONDAIRE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
;
PRISON
;
COHORTE
;
METHODE
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 1991, (21), 4, 795-816
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
Malgré l'augmentation du nombre des recherches sur le rapport entre la consommation de phencyclidine et la violence criminelle, celui-ci n'a pas encore pu être clairement défini. Les problèmes méthodologiques et les directions de recherche pour les questions non-résolues, sont présentés.
ENGLISH:
Phencyclidine (PCP) has obtained a notorious reputation for provoking violent behavior. Because of this reputation and a number of methodological weaknesses in PCP-violence studies, the recent research literature on the relationship between PCP use and violent crime was reviewed. Studies were organized according to types of subjects studied (PCP users in treatment; PCP users in the criminal justice system; and PCP users at large in the community). Within each category, studies were evaluated in terms of the logical rigor of their research design and measurement. Of the three categories, investigations involving PCP users in the criminal justice system tended to have fewest problems. However, methodological weaknesses in some studies and contradictory findings in others did not allow one to adequately answer the question of whether PCP use increased violent crime. Unanswered questions and suggested directions for future research in the PCP-violence field are presented.
Malgré l'augmentation du nombre des recherches sur le rapport entre la consommation de phencyclidine et la violence criminelle, celui-ci n'a pas encore pu être clairement défini. Les problèmes méthodologiques et les directions de recherche pour les questions non-résolues, sont présentés.
ENGLISH:
Phencyclidine (PCP) has obtained a notorious reputation for provoking violent behavior. Because of this reputation and a number of methodological weaknesses in PCP-violence studies, the recent research literature on the relationship between PCP use and violent crime was reviewed. Studies were organized according to types of subjects studied (PCP users in treatment; PCP users in the criminal justice system; and PCP users at large in the community). Within each category, studies were evaluated in terms of the logical rigor of their research design and measurement. Of the three categories, investigations involving PCP users in the criminal justice system tended to have fewest problems. However, methodological weaknesses in some studies and contradictory findings in others did not allow one to adequately answer the question of whether PCP use increased violent crime. Unanswered questions and suggested directions for future research in the PCP-violence field are presented.
Affiliation :
Friends Med. Sci. Res. Ctr, Baltimore, MD
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.