Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act

Mental health and substance abuse treatment and juvenile crime.

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS There is a large body of literature examining the determinants of juvenile crime, which highlights economic, family, peer, and educational factors associated with delinquency and recidivism, and the important roles of social service and educational systems. Two factors, substance abuse and mental illness are also potentially important. The observed high correlations be...

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Background: Regional incidence trends in regular heroin use are important for assessing the effectiveness of drug policies and for forecasting potential future epidemics. Methods: To estimate incidence trends we applied both the more traditional Reporting Delay Adjustment (RDA) method as well as the new and less data demanding General Inclusion Function (GIF) method. The latter describes the pr...

Substance Abuse Prevention through and with Schools

Substance abuse and crime: considerations for a comprehensive forensic assessment.

There is a strong link between drug use and crime, but this relationship is complex. Drug use does not necessarily lead to an increase in crimes, such as theft, rape or assault, even among regular users or addicts. However, in cases of individuals who consume drugs excessively and commit crimes, both factors are linked. Poverty, personality disorders, social and cultural variables, relationship...

[New statistics from the Office of Crime Prevention. Substance abuse, entertainment behind the increased violence].