Monday, November 26, 2007

Exploring Careers in Deviance: A Joint Trajectory Analysis of Criminal Behavior and Substance Use in an Offender Population
Deviant Behavior, Volume 28 Issue 6 2007 pp 497-523
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a781917440~db=all~order=page
Christopher J. Sullivan; Zachary K. Hamilton
"Empirically, one of the most consistently observed correlations in social science inquiry is that of substance use and criminal behavior. Recently, these behaviors have been examined separately within longitudinal, career-based frameworks. This study assesses the joint distribution of crime and substance use over several years and identifies a number of latent classes reflecting trends in these behaviors."
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