Presenter(s)

    Abbigaile A. Ehrenborg

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    Description

    Juvenile substance use throughout the United States has consistently been an issue. Therefore, it is important to understand the factors that are enabling substance abuse among juveniles. The focus of the current study is to examine the link between juveniles’ use of sedatives and shoplifting. The current study used the Pathways to Desistance data, a longitudinal study of 1,354 serious juvenile offenders between ages of 14 years old to under 18 years old from Philadelphia and Phoneix. The sample consisted of 86% males, 41.4% African American, 20% White, and 33.5% of the rest of the sample consisted of other races, who had been found guilty of at least one serious violent crime, property offense or drug offense. The relationship between sedatives and shoplifting was analyzed using a bivariate correlation. Findings show that there was no correlation between these two variables, therefore making them nonsignificant. Findings and implications will be discussed.

    Publication Date

    4-22-2021

    Project Designation

    Capstone Project

    Primary Advisor

    Susybel R. Kallsen

    Primary Advisor's Department

    Criminal Justice Studies

    Keywords

    Stander Symposium project, College of Arts and Sciences

    Effects of Substance Use on Juvenile Delinquency

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