Substance use treatment outcomes in a sample of male serious juvenile offenders

Laurie Chassin; George Knight; Delfino Vargas-Chanes; Sandra Losoya; Diana Naranjo

doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2008.06.001

Substance use treatment outcomes in a sample of male serious juvenile offenders

Laurie Chassin, George Knight, Delfino Vargas-Chanes, Sandra Losoya, Diana Naranjo

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Abstract

This study examined drug-treatment-related reductions in alcohol and marijuana use, cigarette smoking, and nondrug offending among male adolescents who had been adjudicated of a serious (almost exclusively felony) offense. Results indicated that the "real-world" drug treatments that these adolescents experienced had significant effects on substance use, which could not be explained solely by incarceration in controlled environments. However, effects on cigarette smoking and criminal offending were found only for treatments that included family involvement. Results suggest that involving families in adolescents' treatment may be useful for promoting desistence from criminal offending in this population.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	183-194
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume	36
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2008.06.001
State	Published - Mar 2009

Keywords

Juvenile offending
Substance use
Treatment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Phychiatric Mental Health
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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