Is the crime drop of the 1990s in Canada and the USA associated with a general decline in risky and health-related behavior?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-48

  Mishra, Sandeep ^a   Lalumière, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accidents; Canada; Crime rates; Mortality; Risk taking; Substance use; USA; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; CRIME; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CRIME; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMICIDE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CANADA; CRIME; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT DROPOUTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57649092552     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.060     Document Type: Article

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