RT Article
T1 Why they did it?: sex differences in the impact of mental health and substance use on motivations for offending
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 64
IS 6
SP 723
OP 757
A1 Craig, Jessica M.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1578206944
AB This study examined how mental health issues and substance use relate to motivations for offending among a large sample of adjudicated youth who completed a community-based placement in a large southeastern state (n = 18,749). The extent to which these relationships differed by sex was also considered. Multinomial logistic regression models revealed that although both mental health issues and substance use were related to a variety of reasons for offending, these relationships differed and did not appear to influence one another. In addition, findings revealed that mental health issues and substance use have differential effects on reasons for offending across sex. Treatment implications are highlighted along with suggestions for future research.
K1 Motivations for offending
K1 Mental health issues
K1 Substance use
K1 Sex
DO 10.1177/0011128717718489