Substance Use and Delinquent Behavior Among Serious Adolescent Offenders
Publication year:
2010
| Cataloged on:
Jan. 25, 2011
ANNOTATION: Key findings regarding the relationship between substance use and serious adolescent offending are presented. Sections of this bulletin include: highlights; introduction; what we know—substance use problems are linked to serious delinquency; evidence from the Pathways to Desistance study—levels of substance use and abuse are high in serious offenders, substance use and offending appear to have a consistent relationship, and offenders with identified substance use problems are receiving treatment; and final summary.
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