Multiple Problem Youth: Delinquency, Substance Use, and Mental Health Problems

by Delbert S. Elliott, David Huizinga, Scott Menard

Overview

Multiple Problem Youth addresses the complex connections among drug abuse, delinquency, and mental health problems as they apply to adolescents and young adults. Interrelationships in this area exist in a vast variety of ways, further complicated by extraneous factors such as demographics, sex, and time. The authors incorporate these factors and analyze the correlations among substance use, delinquency, and mental health problems, as well as discussing developmental patterns and reviewing theories of deviant behavior.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387969251
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	08/09/1989
Series:	Research in Criminology
Edition description:	1989
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 The Demographic Distribution of Delinquency and ADM Problems.- 3 Prevalence and General Offending/Use Patterns: The Joint Occurrence of Delinquent Behavior and ADM Problems.- 4 Age, Period, and Cohort Effects.- 5 Developmental Patterns.- 6 The Etiology of Delinquency and ADM Problems.- 7 Prediction of Delinquent and ADM Behavior from Other Delinquent and ADM Behavior.- 8 Summary and Implications.- References.- Appendix A Frequency of Alcohol Use.- Appendix B Mental Health Measures.- Appendix C Prevalence and Offending/Use Rates for Multiple Problem Types.- Appendix D Annual Transition Matrices for Problem Behavior Types.- Author Index.

Editorial Reviews

An extended version of a paper first presented in April 1984. The authors draw heavily on data from the National Youth Survey to study underlying causes and treatment strategies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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