Marijuana use has been proposed to serve as a “gateway” that increases the likelihood that
users will engage in subsequent use of harder and more harmful substances, known as the …

Although substance abuse often accompanies delinquency and other forms of antisocial
behavior, there is less scholarly agreement about the timing of substance use vis-à-vis an …

Group-based analysis of developmental trajectories has been commonly used to study
heterogeneity in criminal offending over the life course. While there have been several …

The drug-crime nexus has received interest from both drug-crime scholars and public policy
experts internationally. While there is little disagreement that drug use is linked to higher …

The current study used a variable-and person-centered approach to examine whether a
DRD4 polymorphism explained within-individual differences in frequency of marijuana use …

There is limited study of drug use trajectories over the life-course and limited examination of
drug versus alcohol use trajectories. The purpose of this study was to identify differences in …

A particularly unhealthy and high-risk group of individuals at the intersection of the criminal
justice and public health systems often cycle between arrest, jail, prison, public hospitals …

Traditional criminal justice responses to violations of the law remain paramount in efforts to
control violence. Two competing theoretical propositions predict opposite effects of official …

This article aims to better understand motivation for responsible drinking programs (RDPs)
implemented by alcohol industry, namely if these activities are public interest or profit …

Although substance abuse often accompanies delinquency and other forms of antisocial
behavior, there is less scholarly agreement about the timing of substance use vis-à-vis an …