Vets and sex crimes
The Bureau of Justice Statistics just released a study showing that military veterans in prison are more than twice as likely to have been convicted for sex offenses as non-veteran inmates. Why? Well golly, they just don't know.
In another shocking study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2004, researchers concluded that at least 2 in every 10 returning soldiers reported suffering from PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder). Perhaps, more unsettling is that less than half reported seeking help.
Below is a definition of PTSD offered up by the National Institute of Mental Health:
"People with PTSD may startle easily, become emotionally numb (especially in relation to people with whom they used to be close), lose interest in things they used to enjoy, have trouble feeling affectionate, be irritable, become more aggressive, or even become violent."
I trust that these incarcerated vets are receiving comprehensive PTSD treatment...just like at good old Walter Reed Hospital
In another shocking study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2004, researchers concluded that at least 2 in every 10 returning soldiers reported suffering from PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder). Perhaps, more unsettling is that less than half reported seeking help.
Below is a definition of PTSD offered up by the National Institute of Mental Health:
"People with PTSD may startle easily, become emotionally numb (especially in relation to people with whom they used to be close), lose interest in things they used to enjoy, have trouble feeling affectionate, be irritable, become more aggressive, or even become violent."
I trust that these incarcerated vets are receiving comprehensive PTSD treatment...just like at good old Walter Reed Hospital
posted by Anna Rose at
4:31 PM
2 Comments:
I've heard of that report before. I had a few ideas as to why, and yeah returning soldiers do have a hard time.
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Anonymous, at Mon May 21, 08:32:00 PM PDT
I bet many of the sex offenses committed by veterans have to do with a sense of powerlessness after coming home from a war zone.
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Phalligator, at Tue May 22, 01:02:00 PM PDT
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