Exploring judicial opinion on the relationship between anabolic-androgenic steroid use and violent offending Dunn, Matthew, Bartle, Jarryd and McKay, Fiona H. 2016, Exploring judicial opinion on the relationship between anabolic-androgenic steroid use and violent offending, Performance enhancement and health, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 31-33, doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2016.02.001. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Exploring judicial opinion on the relationship between anabolic-androgenic steroid use and violent offending Author(s) Dunn, Matthew orcid.org/0000-0003-4615-5078 Bartle, Jarryd McKay, Fiona H. orcid.org/0000-0002-0498-3572 Journal name Performance enhancement and health Volume number 5 Issue number 1 Start page 31 End page 33 Total pages 3 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2016-09 ISSN 2211-2669 Keyword(s) Anabolic-androgenic steroids Steroids Violent offending Crime Case law Summary Research suggests that there is a link between the use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) and violence, though this link may be moderated by other substance use such as alcohol. Violent acts in the nighttime economy in recent times has led to governments adopting a law enforcement approach. This study sought to investigate whether the judicial system considers that there is a link between AAS use and violence. Sentencing decisions in Victoria, Australia, were identified using three publically available case law databases. Of the six cases identified, three cases had some mention of a potential link between AAS use and violent offending; however, it appears that evidence of AAS use had neither an aggravating nor mitigating effect on sentencing. In all six cases, a history of other substance use had more of an impacting upon sentencing. Harm reduction approaches should be adopted to reduce violence related to any substance use, including AAS. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.peh.2016.02.001 Field of Research 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 929999 Health not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Elsevier Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30082457 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Health and Social Development Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 24 Mar 2016, 14:17:50 EST Fri, 25 Mar 2016, 04:01:31 EST Fri, 25 Mar 2016, 05:07:34 EST Wed, 08 Jun 2016, 16:46:23 EST Wed, 08 Jun 2016, 16:51:51 EST Wed, 15 Jun 2016, 15:14:07 EST Wed, 15 Jun 2016, 15:45:44 EST Fri, 24 Jun 2016, 15:05:12 EST Wed, 27 Jul 2016, 09:14:35 EST Mon, 16 Jan 2017, 13:00:23 EST Mon, 16 Jan 2017, 13:07:41 EST Wed, 01 Mar 2017, 07:53:24 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 139 Abstract Views, 5 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 24 Mar 2016, 14:17:50 EST

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