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Multiple Problem Youth : Delinquency, Substance Use, and Mental Health Problems /

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Multiple Problem Youth addresses the complex connections among drug abuse, delinquency, and mental health problems as they apply to adolescents and young adults. Interrelationships in this area exist in a vast variety of ways, further complicated by extraneous factors such as demographics, sex, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elliott, Delbert S.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Huizinga, David, Menard, Scott
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1989.
Series:Research in criminology.
Subjects:
Philosophy (General)
Psychiatry.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Demographic Distribution of Delinquency and ADM Problems
  • Prevalence and General Offending/Use Patterns: The Joint Occurrence of Delinquent Behavior and ADM Problems
  • Age, Period and Cohort Effects
  • Developmental Patterns
  • The Etiology of Delinquency and ADM Problems
  • Prediction of Delinquent and ADM Behavior From Other Delinquent and ADM Behavior
  • Summary and Implications
  • References
  • Appendixes
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index.