Gambling and Problem Gambling Among Recently Sentenced Women in New Zealand Prisons |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Max?W?AbbottEmail author Brian?G?McKenna |
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Institution: | (1) Gambling Research Centre, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland, New Zealand;(2) The University of Auckland, New Zealand |
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Abstract: | Ninety-four recently sentenced women prisoners were interviewed to assess aspects of their gambling involvement, problem gambling
and relationships between gambling and criminal offending. A third of the women, on the basis of their SOGS-R scores, were
assessed as lifetime probable pathological gamblers and just under a quarter were assessed as probable pathological gamblers
during the 6 months prior to imprisonment. For women prisoners, a preference for non-casino gaming machines and housie were
predictive of problem gambling. Relative to non-problem gamblers, problem gamblers experienced higher rates of childhood conduct
disorder and current non-psychotic mental disorder. Just over a quarter of prisoners and a half of the problem gamblers had
committed a crime to obtain money to gamble. Few women said their early offending or convictions related to gambling. It was
concluded that most women were “criminals first and problem gamblers second” rather than people whose offending careers commenced
as a consequence of problem gambling. However, the extent of problem gambling-related offending among the women prisoners
highlights the potential for comprehensive assessment and treatment programs in prison to reduce recidivism and other adverse
impacts of problem gambling and gambling-related offending. |
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Keywords: | gambling problem gambling women prisoners co-morbidity |
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