Does heavy adolescent marijuana use lead to criminal involvement in adulthood? Evidence from a multiwave longitudinal study of urban African Americans

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 117-125

  Green, Kerry M ^a   Doherty, Elaine E ^b   Stuart, Elizabeth A ^b   Ensminger, Margaret E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent marijuana use; African Americans; Criminal involvement; Longitudinal; Propensity scores

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DRUG DEALING CRIME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPERTY CRIME; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; URBAN AREA; VIOLENT CRIME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; RISK FACTORS; STUDENT DROPOUTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 78049350843     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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