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The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between the characteristics of criminals who committed forced crimes and their drinking behavior. The researchers examined differences in family history of alcohol use, recognition of relationship between one's criminal acts and drinking, and problematic drinking. of criminals who committed forced crimes by types of crime. And the researchers examined differences in problematic drinking and drinking motives of criminals with high antisocial trait and criminals with low antisocial trait. The participants were 305 male criminals who committed forced crimes whose ages ranged from 16 to 62 (M=32.23, SD=9.46). The questionnaires and psychological tests used in this research included the following: Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, Cooper’s Revised Drinking Motives Questionnaire, and Personality Disorder Questionnaire-Revised. It was found more family histories of alcohol use in criminals who committed simple forced crimes and rapes than in those
who committed burglaries and homicides. And criminals who committed simple forced crimes and rapes recognized their crimes were related with drinking more than those who committed burglaries and homicides. Criminals who committed simple forced crimes experienced problematic drinking more frequently than those who committed burglaries. Criminals who committed forced crimes with low antisocial traits experienced more problematic drinking (dangerous drinking, dependent drinking, and hazardous drinking) and drank with higher drinking motives (social motives, enhancement motives, conformity motives, and coping motives) than Criminals who committed forced crimes with high antisocial traits.