The onset of heroin use and criminal behaviour: Does order make a difference?

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-86

  Kaye, Sharlene ^a,b   Darke, Shane ^a   Finlay Jones, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

ASPD; Criminality; Heroin use; Onset

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CRIME; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031740478     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00107-0     Document Type: Article

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