Impulse control, substance abuse and clinical factors in habitual criminal violence : a neuropsychological approach

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dc.contributor.advisorDu Preez, Peteren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan der Westhuysen, Martine J. Cen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-14T08:11:38Z
dc.date.available2015-09-14T08:11:38Z
dc.date.issued1994en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 183-203.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractPast research is reviewed in relation to criminal violence, psychopathy disordered impulse control and neuropsychological findings in these areas. Drawing upon publications from fields such as neurology, psychiatry and biochemistry, a theoretical foundation for a link between a functional disorder of impulse control and habitual impulsive violence is presented. Research on pharmacological treatment of violence is reviev.1ed as a possible alternative method to assist the violent offender to inhibit violent impulses. In order to assess whether functional impairment of impulse control may be a factor which contributes to the high local rate of habitual criminal violence on an interpersonal level, 50 violent and 50 nonviolent prisoners from Pollsmoor and Brandvlei Prisons in the Western Cape were compared on a self-report dyscontrol scale, neuropsychological measures of impulse control, incidence of substance abuse, prior head injury, and certain clinical and demographical variables. The violent group was selected on the basis of serving a current sentence for violent crime, plus a history of habitual interpersonal violence of a non-political nature from their criminal records in the prison files. The crime category of robbery was excluded from both subject groups, as it was considered to be a planned crime with an economic motive rather than an impulsive act of violence. The nonviolent sample was required to have no violent convictions of any nature, but the number of previous offences had to be comparable to those of the violent group. The total number of convictions per person ranged from 2 to 25 (mean 9.6).en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVan der Westhuysen, Martine J. C. (1994). <i>Impulse control, substance abuse and clinical factors in habitual criminal violence : a neuropsychological approach</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13861en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVan der Westhuysen, Martine J. C. <i>"Impulse control, substance abuse and clinical factors in habitual criminal violence : a neuropsychological approach."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13861en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan der Westhuysen, Martine J. C. 1994. Impulse control, substance abuse and clinical factors in habitual criminal violence : a neuropsychological approach. Thesis. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13861en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Van der Westhuysen, Martine J. C AB - Past research is reviewed in relation to criminal violence, psychopathy disordered impulse control and neuropsychological findings in these areas. Drawing upon publications from fields such as neurology, psychiatry and biochemistry, a theoretical foundation for a link between a functional disorder of impulse control and habitual impulsive violence is presented. Research on pharmacological treatment of violence is reviev.1ed as a possible alternative method to assist the violent offender to inhibit violent impulses. In order to assess whether functional impairment of impulse control may be a factor which contributes to the high local rate of habitual criminal violence on an interpersonal level, 50 violent and 50 nonviolent prisoners from Pollsmoor and Brandvlei Prisons in the Western Cape were compared on a self-report dyscontrol scale, neuropsychological measures of impulse control, incidence of substance abuse, prior head injury, and certain clinical and demographical variables. The violent group was selected on the basis of serving a current sentence for violent crime, plus a history of habitual interpersonal violence of a non-political nature from their criminal records in the prison files. The crime category of robbery was excluded from both subject groups, as it was considered to be a planned crime with an economic motive rather than an impulsive act of violence. The nonviolent sample was required to have no violent convictions of any nature, but the number of previous offences had to be comparable to those of the violent group. The total number of convictions per person ranged from 2 to 25 (mean 9.6). DA - 1994 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1994 T1 - Impulse control, substance abuse and clinical factors in habitual criminal violence : a neuropsychological approach TI - Impulse control, substance abuse and clinical factors in habitual criminal violence : a neuropsychological approach UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13861 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13861
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVan der Westhuysen Martine J C. Impulse control, substance abuse and clinical factors in habitual criminal violence : a neuropsychological approach. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1994 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13861en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPsychologyen_ZA
dc.titleImpulse control, substance abuse and clinical factors in habitual criminal violence : a neuropsychological approachen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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