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【bio-news】类固醇与犯罪相连是谎言
Steroid use linked to crime, fraud
By Will Dunham in Washington
November 07, 2006
THE use of anabolic steroids is linked to antisocial behaviour such as illegal weapon possession and fraud, according a Swedish study published today.
But the researchers said they were somewhat surprised to find that steroid users were no more likely than non-users to commit violent crimes such as murder and assault.
Sexual offences such as rape and property crimes were also not linked to steroid use, they found.
The researchers examined the relationship between steroids - already associated with increased aggressiveness and impulsive violent outbursts sometimes dubbed "roid rage" - and criminal behaviour.
They looked at people using steroids without a doctor's prescription.
"Our findings indicate that the use of (anabolic steroids) is associated not only with impulsive antisocial behaviour but also with an antisocial lifestyle involving various types of criminality," some requiring advance planning, the researchers led by Dr Fia Klotz of Uppsala University in Sweden wrote.
The study appears in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry.
Among 241 Swedes who came up positive for steroid use out of a sample of 1440 tested for the drugs from 1995 and 2001 at a laboratory in Huddinge, Sweden, the study found a strong connection to some criminal acts but not others.
The steroid users were roughly twice as likely to have been found guilty of a weapons crime and 1-1/2 times as likely to have been found guilty of fraud.
Anabolic steroids are drugs related to male sex hormones and can be taken through injections or orally. Many athletes, bodybuilders and others, both male and female, use steroids without a prescription to build muscle bulk and strength to look better.
Steroids can lead to serious side effects, including liver cancer, kidney disease and bad acne.
For men, steroids can shrink testicles, lower sperm count, raise prostate cancer risk and cause infertility and baldness.
For women, they can cause facial hair growth, male-pattern baldness, menstrual problems and a deeper voice. They can stunt the growth of adolescents.
Researchers also have seen among steroid abusers extreme mood swings, impulsiveness, depression, paranoid jealousy, extreme irritability, delusions and impaired judgment.
The people in the Swedish study, whose average age was 20, were referred to the laboratory for drug testing by police, customs agents, substance abuse clinics and psychiatric facilities. Only three of the 214 steroid users were women.
As for the statistical association between steroid use and convictions for weapons offences, the researchers wrote that people committing armed robberies or collecting crime-related debts might feel the need to be more muscular or heavier.
When the researchers excluded steroid users who had been referred for testing by a substance abuse clinic, the statistical link between steroids and fraud disappeared. The researchers wrote that this suggested steroids combined with other drugs might make a person more prone to commit fraud. 本人认领这篇，如果48小时未交稿，其他战友自由认领 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20715224-23109,00.html
Steroid use linked to crime, fraud
类固醇使用者更容易犯罪和欺骗
THE use of anabolic steroids is linked to antisocial behaviour such as illegal weapon possession and fraud, according a Swedish study published today.
促同化激素类的使用与反社会的行为关联，例如非法拥有武器和欺骗行为，据今天(2006-11-07)发行的一个瑞典人研究报告
But the researchers said they were somewhat surprised to find that steroid users were no more likely than non-users to commit violent crimes such as murder and assault. Sexual offences such as rape and property crimes were also not linked to steroid use, they found
但是研究者们说:他们很惊奇的发现类固醇使用者同非类固醇使用者的暴力犯罪(谋杀和袭击)可能性一样不高。性攻击行为(例如强奸)和盗窃财产等也与使用类固醇没关系。
The researchers examined the relationship between steroids - already associated with increased aggressiveness and impulsive violent outbursts sometimes dubbed "roid rage" - and criminal behaviour.
研究者调查类固醇的使用与犯罪行为的关系，包括增加的攻击性、冲动暴力发泄和有时愤怒和急躁等犯罪行为。
"Our findings indicate that the use of (anabolic steroids) is associated not only with impulsive antisocial behaviour but also with an antisocial lifestyle involving various types of criminality," some requiring advance planning, the researchers led by Dr Fia Klotz of Uppsala University in Sweden wrote.
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