Assessing the Impact of Drug Use and Drug Selling on Violent Offending in a Panel of Delinquent Youth
- 1 July 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Drug Issues
- Vol. 42 (3), 298-316
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0022042612456017
Abstract
Despite a vast number of empirical studies arguing for or against a causal relationship between illegal drug use and selling and violent behavior, the debate continues. In part this is due to methodological weaknesses of previous research. Using data from the Rochester Youth Development Study, the current study seeks to improve on prior research designs to allow for a more precise examination of the mechanisms that lead from an individual’s drug use (chiefly, marijuana use in the current sample) and drug selling to violent action. Results will allow for greater confidence in making causal inference regarding a long-standing concern in the discipline.Keywords
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