Research regarding AAS and proclivity for violent crime

[Fred]

I can across this study from 2010. It is interesting that they seem to take for granted a link between AAS and violence yet their conclusions dispute it. The researchers do state that there appears to be an association yet no direct causality.

Use of anabolic androgenic steroids in substance abusers arrested for crime​

Abstract​

Background​

Use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AASs) has been associated with both violent crime and the use illicit drugs. The scientific literature on polysubstance abuse as a confounder for AAS-related violence is sparse and ambiguous. With the intent of further investigating this issue, we have gathered data concerning drug abuse and AAS experience among substance abusers who have been arrested for a variety of crimes.

Methods​

Data were collected from structured interviews with substance abusers (n = 3597) apprehended at two remand prisons in Sweden from 2002 through 2008. Analyses concerned type of criminal act, primary drug used during the past year, and experience of AAS use.

Results​

Those stating AAS experience (n = 924, 20 women and 904 men) were more often apprehended for violent crimes (OR = 1.65). This association remained significant after controlling for age and sex (OR = 1.28). AAS users and non-users claimed similar primary substances of use during the past year, with the exception of benzodiazepine use, which was more common in the AAS group (OR = 2.30), although this did not affect the frequency of violent crime. Among AAS-experienced participants, there was no difference in violent crime incidence between current users and former users.

Conclusions​

Study results suggest that AASs do not function as a proximal trigger for violence but still involve an increased risk for violence in users of illicit drugs. These findings also suggest that AAS use is highly overrepresented in women who commit crimes.

 

[Bigmurph6]

Among AAS-experienced participants, there was no difference in violent crime incidence between current users and former users.

AAS doesn’t cause rage its already there in that individual when they use it just brings it to the surface.
The person who committed a violent crime would have committed a violent crime either way in my opinion.

increased risk for violence in users of illicit drugs

That’s the truth illicit drugs not AAS cause the increased violence.

 

[John]

Well for what it’s worth, other illicit drugs usually improve my mood, and never really been violent on drugs, but I’ve been violent while on compounds,yea it was already within me to be violent,so then why only with the compounds and not other illicit drugs…

 

[Bigmurph6]

other illicit drugs

These aren’t medications these are H crack and so on not anything good

 

[John]

Ok then, havent done any of those

 

[John]

I think E is the hardest drug I’ve done,and I dont see how anyone can be violent on that stuff

 

[Bigmurph6]

Its like me I get rage on hormones it brings out my issues and its harder for me to control them

Me even on illicit drugs when I was a complete piece of shit I wasn’t violent I was a zombie.
I guess uppers are really the illicit drugs that there counting atleast for me I could never use uppers extremely violent behaviors.

Bad times

 

[Dirtnasty]

Uppers def are lore prone to violence aespecially after a few days no sleep and yoh see the shadow people. I’ve never been violent though I’m
Usually laid back as fuck

 

[John]

Yea definitely brings out the badness that’s already there