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Author(s): Hani Alkadi*
Sex offenders and violent offenders in general that
were intoxicated at the time of their offense often
claim that they were too intoxicated to know
1) what they were doing at the time of the offense
and 2) therefore unable to recall the details of the
offense situation the next day. What the literature
has to say contradicts the claims of sex offenders
or violent offenders who claim they were “out of
control†and that they do not recall what they did
in the offense situation. Alcohol use (mild to moderate
consumption) appears to result in 1) alcohol
myopia; 2) increased attentional focus on the more
salient emotions (whether negative or positive); 3)
improved creative thinking and improved attention
to the activity at hand; 4) decreased frontal lobe activity
(e.g., lack of concern about consequences or
morals); 5) is impacted by alcohol expectancies; and
6) does not prevent an individual from being able to
recall activity that occurred while intoxicated when
provided cues.
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