title: Psychosocial, alcohol/other drug use, and delinquency differences between urban black and white male high risk youth.
abstract: Using data collected on 286 Black and White male youths entering a juvenile detention center, we examine differences in their psychosocial functioning, substance use, and delinquency/crime. Comparison is made on a wide range of variables, including sociodemographic characteristics, family problems, records of contact with the juvenile court, physical abuse or sexual victimization history, alcohol/other drug use, friends' involvement in substance use and crime, and emotional/psychological functioning problems. Implications of the results for understanding the youths' involvement in the juvenile justice system, and for the development of, and linkage with, appropriate services, are drawn.
authors.affiliation: Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33620.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dembo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmeidler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D012951:Socialization; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs