Testing a longitudinal model of the relationships among high isk youths' drug sales, drug use and participation in index crimes

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 37-61

  Dembo, Richard ^a   Seeberger, William ^a   Shemwell, Marina ^a   Pacheco, Kimberly ^a   Livingston, Stephen ^a   Hartsfield, Amy ^a   Wothke, Werner ^b   Rollie, Matthew ^a   Schmeidler, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Small Waters Corporation   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; High risk youths; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019450873     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J029v11n03_03     Document Type: Article

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