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Risk Factors—Individual
Anti-social behavior and alienation/Delinquent beliefs/General delinquency involvement/Drug dealing
Chronic medical and/or physical condition
Cognitive and neurological deficits/Low intelligence quotient/Hyperactivity
Early onset of aggression and/or violence
Early sexual involvement
Favorable attitudes toward drug use/Early onset of AOD use/Alcohol and/or drug use
Gun possession/Illegal gun ownership and/or carrying
Lack of guilt and empathy
Life stressors
Mental disorder/Mental health problem/Conduct disorder
Poor refusal skills
Teen parenthood
Victimization and exposure to violence
Risk Factors—Family
Broken home
Child victimization and maltreatment
Family history of the problem behavior/Parent criminality
Family management problems/Poor parental supervision and/or monitoring
Family transitions
Family violence
Having a young mother
Low parent education level/Illiteracy
Maternal depression
Parental use of physical punishment/Harsh and/or erratic discipline practices
Pattern of high family conflict
Poor family attachment/Bonding
Sibling antisocial behavior
Risk Factors—School
Dropping out of school
Frequent school transitions
Identified as learning disabled
Inadequate school climate/Poorly organized and functioning schools/Negative labeling by teachers
Low academic achievement
Low academic aspirations
Low parent college expectations for child
Negative attitude toward school/Low bonding/Low school attachment/Commitment to school
School suspensions
Truancy/Frequent absences
Risk Factors—Community
Availability of alcohol and other drugs
Availability of firearms
Community crime/High crime neighborhood
Community instability
Economic deprivation/Poverty/Residence in a disadvantaged neighborhood
Feeling unsafe in the neighborhood
Low community attachment
Neighborhood youth in trouble
Social and physical disorder/Disorganized neighborhood
Risk Factors—Peer
Association with delinquent and/or aggressive peers
Gang involvement/Gang membership
Peer alcohol, tobacco, and/or other drug use
Peer rejection