Assessing the links among adolescent and youth offending, antisocial behaviour, victimization, drug use, and gender

摘要: This ex post facto study focuses on three risk factors for youth crime, namely involvement in antisocial behaviour, having been a victim of personal and drug use. Previous research these raises unresolved questions about directions inuence. Also, compared to males, female offending is still very scant, though justice statistics have recently documented signicant increase rates crime perpetrated by young women. Thus, the purpose present was assess bidirectional relationships between victimization use sample 4980 participants aged 10 25, analysing those associations both gender age groups. Statistical analyses were carried out using linear regres- sions structural equation model. Results showed differences patterns interactions among variables included males females, as well early-middle adolescence late adolescence-youth. Findings this important practical implications relation policy-making prevent youths at continue their lifestyle based non-compliance with mainstream norms.