The relationship between cannabis and violence: A review.

Abel, Ernest L.

doi:10.1037/0033-2909.84.2.193

Cited by 39 publications

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“…Results of studies on the relation between cannabis use and violence are mixed (Abel, ; Fals‐Stewart, Golden, and Schumacher, ; Haggård‐Grann et al., ; Moore and Stuart, ; Moss and Tarter, ). A tendency exists for the methodologically better studies to find no or even an inverse situational effect of cannabis use on violence (Myerscough and Taylor, ).…”

Section: Situational Causes Of Crimementioning

confidence: 99%

Situational Causes of Offending: A Fixed‐effects Analysis of Space–time Budget Data

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Situational theories of crime assert that the situations that people participate in contain the proximal causes of crime. Prior research has not tested situational hypotheses rigorously, either for lack of detailed situational data or for lack of analytical rigor. The present research combines detailed situational data with analytical methods that eliminate all stable between‐individual factors as potential confounds. We test seven potential situational causes: 1) presence of peers, 2) absence of adult handlers, 3) public space, 4) unstructured activities, 5) use of alcohol, 6) use of cannabis, and 7) carrying weapons. In a two‐wave panel study, a general sample of adolescents completed a space–time budget interview that recorded, hour by hour over the course of 4 complete days, the activities and whereabouts of the subjects, including any self‐reported offenses. In total, 76 individuals reported having committed 104 offenses during the 4 days covered in the space–time budget interview. Using data on the 4,949 hours that these 76 offenders spent awake during these 4 days, within‐individual, fixed‐effects multivariate logit analyses were used to establish situational causes of offending. The findings demonstrate that offending is strongly and positively related to all hypothesized situational causes except using cannabis and carrying weapons.

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Section: Situational Causes Of Crimementioning

confidence: 99%

Situational Causes of Offending: A Fixed‐effects Analysis of Space–time Budget Data

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“…As to empirical studies on the link between cannabis and various forms of violence and aggression, animal studies report positive as well as null findings (7,10). Also, the few laboratory studies of humans seem to be inconclusive (7,10).…”

Section: Cannabis -Violence: Possible Mechanisms and Previous Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Also, the few laboratory studies of humans seem to be inconclusive (7,10). In cross-sectional studies it is generally found that cannabis users are at increased risk of violent behaviour (7).…”

Section: Cannabis -Violence: Possible Mechanisms and Previous Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cannabis use and violence: Is there a link?

Norstrøm

Rossow²

2014

Scand J Public Health

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“…One previous literature review concluded that there was little evidence suggesting that marijuana use was directly associated with aggressive behavior 50. However, more recent data suggest that marijuana use may be related to increased likelihood of violence, with particularly relevance to use during adolescence.…”

Section: Aggression and Psychiatric Diagnosismentioning

confidence: 99%