Citation

Forsyth CJ, Biggar RW, Chen J, Burstein K. Crim. Justice Stud. Crit. J. Crime Law Soc. 2017; 30(3): 320-329.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/1478601X.2017.1286836

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Based on data from 2008 thru the 2014 Communities that Care Youth Survey (CCYS), the authors examine change in lifetime use frequencyof heroin and misuse of prescription opiates using a cohort longitudinal model. The cohort were 6th graders in 2008; 8th graders in 2010; 10th graders in 2012 and 12th graders in 2014.

FINDINGS indicate a declining numbers of abstainers for both drugs and moderate associations between using both drugs in all 4 grades. Implications for delinquency models are discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

Adolescence drug use; delinquency; heroin; peer influence; prescription opiates