Alcohol misuse and criminal offending: Findings from a 30-year longitudinal study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 30-36

  Boden, Joseph M ^a   Fergusson, David M ^a   Horwood, L John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse dependence; Longitudinal study; Mental health; Offending; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARSON; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRAUD; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LIFE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEFT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CRIME; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872400515     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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