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Toxicodependência: análise das perceções do sujeito quanto à vivência de situações de vitimação
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Entre as populações com comportamentos desviantes, o indivíduo toxicodependente constitui um dos grupos com maior exposição e vulnerabilidade à vitimação. A falta de estudos neste domínio torna pertinente desenvolver este estudo. Este estudo contou com uma amostra de 29 sujeitos, com toxicodependência, com idades compreendidas entre os 28 e os 64 anos (Desvio-Padrão=9,7; Média=46), maioritariamente solteiros ou divorciados, do sexo masculino, com formação escolar inferior ao 9º ano e desempregados. Quanto ao método, este é um estudo descritivo, retrospetivo e transversal com recurso a um questionário de vitimação dirigido à população toxicodependente para recolha de dados. Os resultados confirmaram a predominância de um padrão de consumos com iniciação com haxixe, heroína e/ou cocaína, com consumo continuado ao longo da vida. Durante a fase da toxicodependência mais de 90% dos sujeitos declarou ter sido vítima de várias ações violentas e/ou criminosas, sendo o seu ofensor predominantemente conhecido e com relação aos mercados de drogas. Verificou-se uma associação destas situações a consumos de substâncias quer da vítima, quer do seu ofensor tendo sido estimuladas pelos efeitos psicofarmacológicos dos consumos e por motivos económico-compulsivos. Conclui-se que, entre outras medidas, se impõe a urgente consideração, em programas de prevenção e estratégias de intervenção junto destas populações, da exposição das mesmas à vitimação.
Among the populations with deviant behaviors, the drug addict composes one of the groups with the greatest exposure and vulnerability to victimization. The lack of studies in this domain makes it relevant to develop this study that had a sample of 29 subjects with drug addiction, aged between 28 and 64 years old (Standard Deviation=9,7; Mean=46), mostly single or divorced, male, with school education lower then 9º grade and unemployed. As for the method of this study is descriptive, retrospective and cross-section study, based on a victimization questionnaire aimed at a drug addict population for data collection. The results confirmed the prevalence of consumption pattern beginning with hashish, heroin and/or cocaine, with continued consumption through life. During the drug addiction period, more than 90% of the subjects declared that they had been victims of several violent and/or criminal actions, with the offender being mostly known and related to drug markets. There was an association of these situations with the consumption of substances by both, the victim and the offender, stimulated by the psychopharmacological effects of the consumption and by economic-compulsive reasons. It concludes that, among other measures, it is urgent to consider their exposure to victimization in prevention programs and interventions strategies in this populations.
Among the populations with deviant behaviors, the drug addict composes one of the groups with the greatest exposure and vulnerability to victimization. The lack of studies in this domain makes it relevant to develop this study that had a sample of 29 subjects with drug addiction, aged between 28 and 64 years old (Standard Deviation=9,7; Mean=46), mostly single or divorced, male, with school education lower then 9º grade and unemployed. As for the method of this study is descriptive, retrospective and cross-section study, based on a victimization questionnaire aimed at a drug addict population for data collection. The results confirmed the prevalence of consumption pattern beginning with hashish, heroin and/or cocaine, with continued consumption through life. During the drug addiction period, more than 90% of the subjects declared that they had been victims of several violent and/or criminal actions, with the offender being mostly known and related to drug markets. There was an association of these situations with the consumption of substances by both, the victim and the offender, stimulated by the psychopharmacological effects of the consumption and by economic-compulsive reasons. It concludes that, among other measures, it is urgent to consider their exposure to victimization in prevention programs and interventions strategies in this populations.
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Toxicodependência Vitimação Crime Drug addiction Victimization Crime