TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental Health, Interpersonal Trauma, and Violent Offending in a Sample of Justice-Involved Women With Opioid Use Histories
AU - Levi, Mary M.
AU - Webster, J. Matthew
AU - Tillson, Martha
AU - Staton, Michele
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - There is a known relationship between mental health, victimization, and perpetration of violence, yet few studies have investigated this relationship with substance-using women. The current study examined differences in psychological diagnoses, mental health symptoms, and interpersonal trauma between violent and nonviolent female offenders with opioid use histories. Findings revealed that lifetime mental health diagnoses and interpersonal trauma were uniquely associated with violent offending. Additionally, violent offending was associated with increased current mental health symptoms. These results highlight the importance of adapting treatments for women with violent offenses and substance use histories to include mental health and victimization experiences.
AB - There is a known relationship between mental health, victimization, and perpetration of violence, yet few studies have investigated this relationship with substance-using women. The current study examined differences in psychological diagnoses, mental health symptoms, and interpersonal trauma between violent and nonviolent female offenders with opioid use histories. Findings revealed that lifetime mental health diagnoses and interpersonal trauma were uniquely associated with violent offending. Additionally, violent offending was associated with increased current mental health symptoms. These results highlight the importance of adapting treatments for women with violent offenses and substance use histories to include mental health and victimization experiences.
KW - Mental health
KW - victimization
KW - violence
KW - women
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U2 - 10.1080/08974454.2024.2339307
DO - 10.1080/08974454.2024.2339307
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85190816026
SN - 0897-4454
JO - Women and Criminal Justice
JF - Women and Criminal Justice
ER -