Deviancy, Delinquency and Drug Use
- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 134 (3), 269-276
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.134.3.269
Abstract
Summary A system for monitoring drug use was based on the data from annual surveys of two contrasting population groups, a general cross-section of young people and a cross-section of antisocial deviants. Correlation of deviancy and drug use established that drug use, both licit and illicit, was more extensive among those who suffered parental deprivation, whose parents were divorced or separated, who had psychiatric illness and particularly those who had committed antisocial acts. The degree of antisocial deviancy correlated with the extent of drug use.Keywords
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