Risk and protective factors for offending among UK Armed Forces personnel after they leave service: a data linkage study.

CONCLUSIONS: Ex-military personnel are more likely to commit violent offences after leaving service than other offence-types. Mental health and alcohol problems are associated with increased risk of post-service offending, and socio-economic stability is associated with reduced risk of offending among military veterans with these problems. Efforts to reduce post-service offending should encompass management of socio-economic risk factors as well as mental health.
PMID: 31779726 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Psychological Medicine - November 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: MacManus D, Dickson H, Short R, Burdett H, Kwan J, Jones M, Hull L, Wessely S, Fear NT Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research