@article{ref1,
title="Differences in offending behaviors, aggression, substance use, and mental health problems between male drug dealers and non-drug dealers in Belgian youth detention centers",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2022",
author="Bisback, Athina and Vanderplasschen, Wouter and Colins, Olivier F.",
volume="19",
number="24",
pages="e16390-e16390",
abstract="This study investigated whether drug dealing juvenile offenders in Belgium differ from non-drug dealers in levels of violent and non-violent offending behaviors, aggression, substance use, and mental health needs. The current study examined data from 226 16- to 17-year-old male juvenile offenders. Information relating to drug dealing, substance use, and mental health needs were collected through self-report questionnaires. A structured diagnostic interview was used to collect information about past violent and non-violent behaviors. Chi-square tests and multivariate analysis of variance compared non-dealers and dealers and explored if hard-drug dealers and soft-drug dealers differed from each other. Relative to non-drug dealers, drug dealers engaged in more violent offending behaviors, exhibited higher levels of aggression, substance use and oppositional defiant problems, and displayed lower levels of anxiety. Soft- and hard-drug dealers did not differ from each other. To conclude, detained drug dealers are characterized by severe antisocial behavior.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph192416390",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416390"
}