The existence of a significant correlation between substance abuse and juvenile
delinquency has been demonstrated by numerous studies (eg, Widom and White 1997; …

Alcohol and drug use in relation to criminal activities has a long and colourful history.
Several studies convey that problem behaviour such as heavy substance use and criminal …

Substance use is generally considered one of the most important types of risk behaviour
among adolescents. This is illustrated by the high media attention and the relatively large …

Objective: To report trends in rates of drunkenness, alcohol use, and drug use among
Canadian adolescents. Method: Five national school-based surveys were carried out …

The existence of a correlation between the use of alcohol and juvenile delinquency has long
been acknowledged. In order to evaluate the strength and the characteristics of this …

BACKGROUND: This research examined the prevalence of drinking and cannabis use
among adolescents in the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands, countries with …

This paper presents cross-cultural research using data from the Second International Self-
Report Delinquency Study (ISRD-2) to evaluate the strength and characteristics of the …

Objectives. The aim of this study was to assess current levels of regular cigarette, alcohol
and illicit drug use in adolescents in light of reported research by Goddard & Higgins (1999) …

Abstract Introduction and Aims Adolescent drinking and cannabis use in Norway declined in
the 2000s, and we tested the assumption that psychosocial problems were more strongly …

Introduction Over the past two decades, alcohol consumption of Icelandic adolescents has
decreased dramatically. The aim of this study was to quantify the extent of this reduction and …