The longitudinal association between substance use and delinquency among high-risk youth

Psychoactive Substance Use Among Young Offenders in a Nigerian Correctional Facility: A Comparative Analysis

“…In the same vein, Siegel and Welsh (2008), in a review of research findings, suggested that an association between psychoactive substance use and delinquency may be impelled by economic necessities and heightened risk-taking occasioned by drug use. While research has been unable to convincingly demonstrate causality between crime and substance use, existing findings suggest that they have a reciprocal relationship (D'amico, Edelen, Miles, & Morral, 2008).…”

Conceptualizing Delinquency Among Samoan Adolescents: An Integrative Model

“…According to the paucity in the literature, Samoans are frequently labeled as gang members (Chesney-Lind, Rockhill, Marker, & Reyes, 1994) or involved in gangs (Hingano, 2001), overrepresented in arrests related to substance use and abuse (Gao & Perrone, 2005) and continues to have a high rate of school dropout (Franco, 1991;Saka, 2006). The literature on delinquency suggests that the presence of the mentioned factors (D'Amico, Edelen, Miles, & Morral, 2008;Santman, Myner, Cappelletty, & Perlmutter, 1997) contribute to delinquency among adolescents thus placing Samoan adolescents at a high risk for involvement in delinquent activities.…”

‘If drugs does that to you, then I don't want it.’ Resiliency among non-marijuana using adolescents

“…Marijuana use can negatively impact short-and long-term developmental and psychosocial functioning among adolescent users (Lisdahl et al 2014;Mahmood et al 2010;Newcomb and Bentler 1988). Additionally its use can place adolescents at greater risk for victimization (Eaton et al 2007;Lauritsen, Laub, and Sampson 1992) and delinquency (D'Amico et al 2008;Ford 2005;White 1991) particularly if they are living in inner-city neighborhoods plagued by poverty, violence, and open-air drug markets. Several studies conclude that there is a relationship between adolescents' perceptions of social disorganization in their neighborhoods and self-reported drug use (Lambert et al 2004;Winstanley et al 2008).…”