Police confrontations among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-51

  Ti, Lianping ^a   Wood, Evan ^a,b   Shannon, Kate ^a,b   Feng, Cindy ^a   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Illicit drug use; Policing; Street involved youth; Vancouver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CRIME; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POLICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872497632     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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