Transition From Drug Use and Crime to Noninvolvement - A Case Study

• NCJ Number: 100311
• Journal: Adolescence Volume: 20 Issue: 79 Dated: (Fall 1985) Pages: 669-679
• Author(s): M F Stuck; B Glassner
• Date Published: 1985
• Length: 11 pages
• Grant Number(s): 80-IJ-CX-0049
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ); US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

There is a paucity of research on factors related to the process of change from involvement to noninvolvement in drug use and criminal activity.

Abstract

This paper presents a case study of one subject's life history, obtained from depth interviews, which reveals this process. For this subject, rehabilitation was facilitated by specific structural factors which interacted with and altered personal values. (Publisher abstract)