Alcoholism and Forcible Rape

Overview

Journal Am J Psychiatry

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 1975 Apr 1

PMID 1119599

Citations 4

Authors

R T Rada

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Abstract

Data collected from detailed autobiographies of 77 convicted rapists revealed that 50 percent of them were drinking at the time of the rape and that 35 percent were alcoholics. This strong association between alcoholism and forcible rape highlights the importance of follow-up treatment programs for the alcoholic sex offender; such programs should focus on adequate control of his drinking behavior as well as on his sexual adjustment.

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