OPIOID ABUSE AMONG ADOLESCENTS WHO OFFEND: RISK FACTORS AND THE ROLE OF GENDER

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dc.contributor.advisorGottfredson, Deniseen_US
dc.contributor.authorHickman, Shelby Nicholeen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-01T06:31:49Z
dc.date.available2019-02-01T06:31:49Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, I explore risk factors for opioid use and abuse among juvenile justice system-involved adolescents convicted of a serious offense; a group known to experience high rates of substance abuse and dependence. Using the Pathways to Desistance dataset, I assess whether risk factors for substance use that includes opioids are distinct from the risk factors for other illicit substance use that does not including opioids (non-opioid substance use). I also explore how, if at all, the motives and patterns of opioid use are distinct for male and female adolescent offenders. I identify older age, white race, and clinically significant mental illness as significant risk factors for substance use including opioids relative to non-opioid substance use. I do not find any distinct risk factors for adolescent females’ opioid use relative to their male peers.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/kswt-tyyv
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/21596
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCriminologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPublic healthen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAdolescentsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledGenderen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledJuvenile justiceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledOpioidsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSubstance useen_US
dc.titleOPIOID ABUSE AMONG ADOLESCENTS WHO OFFEND: RISK FACTORS AND THE ROLE OF GENDERen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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