RT Article
T1 The effects of substance use on specific types of criminal offending in young men
JF Journal of research in crime and delinquency
VO 38
IS 4
SP 416
OP 438
A1 Welte, John W.
A2 Zhang, Lening
A2 Wieczorek, William F.
LA English
YR 2001
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639658270
AB This study examined the causal relationship between substance use and delinquency. Subjects were 596 males aged 16 to 19 from Buffalo, New York. Two interviews were conducted 18 months apart. Cross-lagged and synchronous structural equation panel models were fit for both early and late onset of delinquency groups with five types of delinquency: minor, general, serious, property, and violent offenses. The results showed a significant difference between early-onset and late-onset groups concerning the relationship between substance use and delinquency. Early-onset models showed no causal relationship between substance use and delinquency. The late-onset models showed that minor offenses have significant lagged and synchronous positive effects on drug use, drug use exhibited significant lagged and synchronous positive effects on general offenses, and drinking has significant lagged and synchronous negative effects on property offenses. The implications of these findings are discussed
K1 Drogen
K1 Delinquenz
K1 Jungtäter
K1 Alkohol
K1 Kriminalitätsursachen
K1 Frühkriminalität