Alcohol and crime. I. Self-reported alcohol consumption of Scottish prisoners.

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The quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption of 171 men prisoners in Scotland [UK] were studied. Their mean age was 28.2 yr, the mean sentence being served (mainly for petty crimes) was 7.1 mo., and most were recidivists, having 29.2 mean previous convictions. The prisoners'' mean self-reported drinking rate in the weeks or months prior to their present sentence was 105.3 units of alchol weekly (1 unit of alcohol = 28 cl of beer, 3 cl of distilled spirits per 12 cl of unfortified wine). More prisoners than men in the general Scottish population (70 vs. 7%) are heavy drinkers (> 51 units of alcohol weekly). The prisoners'' drinking rate is much higher than the general population of the same age (63.7 vs. 25.1 units of alcohol weekly). Of the prisoners who drank regularly, 43% drank > 84 units of alcohol weekly, the normal cut-off point for alcoholism.

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