TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Differences in offending behaviors, aggression, substance use, and mental health problems between male drug dealers and non-drug dealers in Belgian youth detention centers
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Bisback, Athina
A1  - Vanderplasschen, Wouter
A1  - Colins, Olivier F.
SP  - e16390
EP  - e16390
VL  - 19
IS  - 24
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416390
ID  - ref1
ER  -