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Citation |
Cournoyer LG, Dionne J. Can. J. Behav. Sci. 2010; 42(1): 34-43. |
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(Copyright © 2010, Canadian Psychological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing) |
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Abstract |
Substance abuse and criminal activity are closely related phenomena. Substance abuse is also one of the risks and needs linked to criminogenic factors and increases the risk of re-offending among adolescent offenders. Identification of this problem is therefore important in guiding interventions directed at such clients. The concomitant validity of an instrument used to screen problem consumption of alcohol and drugs among adolescents (DEP-ADO) and scale 5 (substance abuse) of the YLS-CMI (research version) was studied. Their convergence with a self-related delinquency questionnaire was also verified. Data were also collected on four occasions from adolescent offenders at high risk of re-offending (N = 99) who were receiving services at the Centre jeunesse de Montréal-Institut universitaire. The results support a close relation between substance abuse and self-related delinquency. The two instruments converge in identifying offenders who are problematic substance users. However, scale 5 of the YLS-CMI appears to lead to an overestimation of positive cases. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Keywords |
At Risk Populations; Criminal Behavior; Drug Abuse; Juvenile Delinquency; Measurement; Psychometrics; Recidivism; Test Validity |