This article updates the evidence base on outpatient behavioral treatments for adolescent
substance use (ASU) since publication of the previous review completed for this journal by …

Crime is an expensive aspect of society, and each year huge amounts of public money are
spent on the courts, police, probation services, and prisons, while the human costs in terms …

Purpose Intimate partner violence (IPV) interventions for young people involved with the
child welfare and legal systems are critical. However, researchers have yet to systematically …

Background Little is known about the needs of substance-using juveniles in treatment aimed
at reducing criminal recidivism. Therefore, we aimed to examine treatment needs of …

Background A number of states in the United States legally allow the use of cannabis as a
medical therapy to treat an illness or to alleviate symptoms. Concern persists as to whether …

Swedish drug policy has a strong focus on minor drug violations. This longitudinal study
analyses the association between criminality and substance use problems among young …

Importance More than 50 000 youths are incarcerated in the United States on any given day,
and youth incarceration has been linked to lasting adverse outcomes, including early …

Juvenile justice-involved youth experience high rates of substance use, which is concerning
given associated negative consequences, including health and functional deficits. Family …

This study explores gender-specific patterns and transitions of adolescent substance use
and delinquency in a sample of youths at ages 12, 15, and 18 (N= 803). Latent transition …

Previous scholarship on juvenile case dispositions has suggested a complex relationship
between legal and extra-legal factors. Previous studies, however, have suffered from …