Assessing the Impact of Drug Use and Drug Selling on Violent Offending in a Panel of Delinquent Youth

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• Alternative Title:
  J Drug Issues
• Personal Author:
  Phillips, Matthew D.
• Description:
  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:
  Causal Analysis Drug Offending Fixed Effects Random Effects Violence
• Source:
  J Drug Issues. 42(3):298-316
• Pubmed ID:
  26889079
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4754201
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 DA020195/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 MH056486/MH/NIMH NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 MH063386/MH/NIMH NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U49 CE001295/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  42
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e082530eabd8b9d76ec8737e06908d7a934f3ffc4f5923f892d50bb2c50cc5d9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/42092/cdc_42092_DS1.pdf
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