Cannabis and crime: Findings from a longitudinal study

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-118

  Pedersen, Willy ^a   Skardhamar, Torbjørn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cannabis; Crime; Illegal drugs; Longitudinal; Marijuana

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAREER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COITUS; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MONITORING; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CRIME; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENT DROPOUTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72249119958     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02719.x     Document Type: Article

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