TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Impact of brief intervention services on drug-using truant youths' self-reported delinquency and arrest charges: a longitudinal study
JO  - Journal of child and adolescent substance abuse
A1  - Dembo, Richard
A1  - Schmeidler, James
A1  - Wareham, Jennifer
A1  - Briones-Robinson, Rhissa
A1  - Winters, Ken C.
A1  - Ungaro, Rocio
SP  - 458
EP  - 479
VL  - 25
IS  - 5
N2  - The issue of delinquency among truant youths is insufficiently documented in the literature. There is a need to elucidate this issue, and assess the efficacy of interventions to reduce this problem behavior. The present National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded study addressed this gap by examining the impact of a Brief Intervention (BI), originally designed to address youth substance use, on their delinquent behavior over an 18-month follow-up period (for self-reported delinquency) and a 24-month follow-up period (for official record delinquency). A number of significant BI intervention effects with sizable effect sizes were found, as well as a number of marginally significant BI effects. In particular, significant reductions in arrest charges at 24-month follow-up for youths receiving BI services compared to controls were among the key findings of this study. Service delivery implications and directions for future analyses are discussed.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1067-828X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2015.1103344
ID  - ref1
ER  -