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Personality Characteristics of Alcoholic Criminal Offenders and Non-offenders
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Alcoholism
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July 1, 2007
- Author:
- Palijan, Tija Zarkovic; Kovacevic, Drazen; Kovac, Marina; Turcinovic, Marjeta Knez; Medak, Jelena
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Copyright informationCopyright Centre for Study and Control of Alcoholism and Addictions, Zagreb 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Summary - The research was based on some personality traits of alcoholics, such as special qualities of psychopathological and socio-pathological characteristics of alcoholic offenders according to the type of criminal offence and non-offenders. The research was carried out in prison and hospital system in Popovaca. Two groups of examinees were included. The experimental group (E) (N=96) consisted of persons convicted for homicide (N1=32), traffic offences (N2=32) and offences against property (N3=32). The control group (K) (N4=64) consisted of alcoholics undergoing hospital treatment at the Alcoholism Department of Neuropsychiatric Hospital Dr. Ivan Barbot in Popovaca. There were no ...