Illicit Drug Abuse and Criminal Behaviour among Adolescent: Therivers State Experience
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- Submited: October 31, 2019
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Published: October 30, 2019
Abstract
Many young people in Rivers State are addicted to psychoactive drugs especially alcohol, mariwana, and tramadol, which propel them to commit violent crimes. Violent crime is on the rise in Rivers State, and its prevalence is further compounded by the increasing living of illicit drug abuse, especially by adolescents. Many teenagers who are under the influence of illegal substance engage in various forms of unlawful behaviours particularlygang violence,armed robbery, rape, kidnapping, illegal drug trade, trafficking in small arms and murder, while others under the influence of illicit drugs engage in petty crimes such as mobile phone snatching, car battery theft, burglary etc. Several scholarly arguments have been advanced as to the cause of high level of crime in Nigeria including poverty, unemployment, and frustration due to economic hardship. Other academic debates have also centred on whether drug abuse has any connection with criminal behavior. This paper, however, attempts to use Goldstein’s (1985) tripartite conceptual framework to explain the drug-crime connection in Rivers State.
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Illicit Drug Abuse and Criminal Behaviour among Adolescent: Therivers State Experience 2525Mackay, P. (1989) Cloward and Ohlin’s Theory of delinquent Subcultures Revised.Police Journal. Vol. Issue 4, pp 290-296
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Illicit Drug Abuse and Criminal Behaviour among Adolescent: Therivers State Experience 2525
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Journal of Research And Opinion, Vol. 6 Iss 10, 2516-2525 (2019)
Illicit Drug Abuse and Criminal Behaviour among Adolescent: Therivers State Experience 2525Mackay, P. (1989) Cloward and Ohlin’s Theory of delinquent Subcultures Revised.Police Journal. Vol. Issue 4, pp 290-296
Mathias, P. Hayhurst, K. Bird, S.M. Hickman, M. Seddon, T. Dun, G. and Miller, Tim (2017).Insights into the link between drug use and criminality in active opiate users. Drug Alcohol Depend, 179: 309-316.
Parker, R., &Auerhahn, K. (1998).Alcohol, drugs, and violence.Annual Review of Sociology, 24, 291–311.
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Spencer, De Li (2004). The impacts of self-control and social bonds on juvenile delinquency in a national sample of mid-adolescents. Deviant Behaviour, 25(4):351-373.
United States Department of Justice.Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice. Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program in the United States, 1998.
Volkow, N. (2011). Drug Addiction is brain disease that can be treated. Lancet Psychiatry, USA National Institute of Drug Abuse, 2011 Aug 6. 378: 477.
Journal of Research And Opinion,
Illicit Drug Abuse and Criminal Behaviour among Adolescent: Therivers State Experience 2525
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Illicit Drug Abuse and Criminal Behaviour among Adolescent: Therivers State Experience. Journal of Research and Opinion [Internet]. 2019 Oct. 30 [cited 2024 May 9];6(10):2516-25. Available from: https://researchopinion.in/index.php/jro/article/view/29
