Cannabis use among juvenile detainees: Typology, frequency and association

Grigorenko, Elena L.; Edwards, Laurel; Chapman, John F.

doi:10.1002/cbm.1913

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“…Five studies reported composite suicide risk scores con sisting of suicide ideation and attempt. 35,[44][45][46][47] Two studies com pared suicide rates between detained adolescents and their community peers, 6,48 and one study compared rates of suicidal ideation between detained adolescents and their community peers. 49 Few studies compared rates of suicidal behaviour between detained adolescents and their community peers.…”

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The health of adolescents in detention: a global scoping review

Borschmann

Janca

Carter

et al. 2020

The Lancet Public Health

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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The health of adolescents in detention: a global scoping review

Borschmann

Janca

Carter

et al. 2020

The Lancet Public Health

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“…Cannabis is the most commonly-used illicit drug among U.S. adolescents, with 30% of school-aged adolescents reporting any history of cannabis use in 2015 (1). Yet among juvenile offenders, rates of cannabis use are higher than among adolescents in general population studies, with lifetime rates ranging from 54% to 92% among justice-involved samples (2, 3). Disproportionate rates of cannabis use among juvenile offenders are concerning, as cannabis use during adolescence is associated with multiple functional and mental health problems, including poor academic achievement (4), delinquency (5), cognitive impairment (6, 7), psychological distress (8), and the development of substance use disorders (SUDs) (9).…”

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Poly-use of cannabis and other substances among juvenile-justice involved youth: variations in psychological and substance-related problems by typology

Banks

Hershberger

Pemberton

et al. 2019

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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Background: Adolescent cannabis use is associated with increased risk for psychological problems, with evidence for more severe problems among youth who use cannabis in combination with other substances (i.e., polysubstance use). Juvenile offenders engage in both cannabis use and polysubstance use at higher rates than the general adolescent population. Yet, limited research has examined the relationship between cannabis poly-use (e.g., cannabis and alcohol use) and functional or psychological problems among juvenile offenders. Objectives: The current study addresses this gap by examining the association of polysubstance use of cannabis compared to cannabis only use with cognitive functioning, psychological distress, and substance-related problems among juvenile detainees. Methods: Participants were 238 detained youth ages 12–18 (80.4% male, 77.3% non-White) who completed assessments of substance use, intellectual functioning, psychological symptoms, and substance-related problems. Youth were also assessed by a clinical psychologist for substance use disorder. Results: Four cannabis-use typologies were identified; cannabis and alcohol use was the largest class, followed by cannabis only use, cannabis, alcohol and other drug use, then cannabis and other drug use. Polysubstance use was associated with lower scores on measures of intellectual functioning, more externalizing and internalizing symptomology, and more substance-related problems relative to cannabis only use. However, the relationship between polysubstance use and problems varied by typology. Conclusions: Findings suggest that justice-involved youth engaged in polysubstance use may be at greater need for concurrent academic, affective, and behavioral support in their rehabilitation and transition back to the community.

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“…To further substantiate our understanding of the situation, we systematically ascertained a random sample of ~20% (every consecutive fifth admission) of all adolescents admitted to juvenile detention centers in Connecticut in a single calendar year (Grigorenko, Edwards, & Chapman, 2015; Grigorenko, Sullivan, & Chapman, 2015). Three hundred and seventy-one unique individuals were included.…”

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Improved Educational Achievement as a Path to Desistance

Grigorenko¹,

Hart²,

Hein³

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New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

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In this article we present a summary of the literature on the associations between learning difficulties/disabilities and juvenile delinquency. This literature is almost a hundred years old, but, although reportedly demonstrating the low academic achievement–delinquency connection, contains numerous unanswered questions regarding the frequency, strength, direction, stability, and causality of these associations. We then use this literature to contextualize the research taking place at the Houston Learning Disabilities (LD) Hub, a member of the LD Centers and Hubs Network, supported by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). In doing so, we present our previous studies and our current research. We conclude by discussing a number of shortcomings in the literature, some—but far from all—of which we hope to address in our ongoing work.

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Cannabis use among juvenile detainees: Typology, frequency and association

Abstract: Our findings suggest that it is unlikely that cannabis use by young offenders can serve as an independent factor in understanding the frequency and severity of delinquency, although it might be associated with the severity of mental health disorder or dysfunction among them.

Cited by 17 publications

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The health of adolescents in detention: a global scoping review

The health of adolescents in detention: a global scoping review

Poly-use of cannabis and other substances among juvenile-justice involved youth: variations in psychological and substance-related problems by typology

Improved Educational Achievement as a Path to Desistance

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