Titre : | Trends of criminal activity and substance use in a sample of welfare recipients |
Titre traduit : | (Tendances des activités criminelles et de l'usage de drogues dans un échantillon d'allocataires d'aide de l'état) |
Auteurs : | V. L. BROWN ; I. D. MONTOYA ; C. A. DAYTON-SHOTTS ; T. L. CARROLL-CURTIS ; M. A. RILEY |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2004 |
Format : | 6-23 / fig. ; tabl. |
Note générale : |
Crime and Delinquency, 2004, 50, (1), 6-23 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | SHS (Sciences humaines et sociales / Humanities and social sciences) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés CRIMINALITE ; CONSOMMATION ; ALLOCATION ; EMPLOI ; FACTEUR DE PROTECTION ; AIDE SOCIALEThésaurus géographique ETATS-UNIS |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 instituted a compulsory work mandate for welfare recipients. However, recipients who experience difficulties finding employment may increase their involvement in criminal activities and their frequency of substance use as a means to deal with changes precipitated by PRWORA. This study used a four-wave panel design to analyse the criminal behaviors and substance-use frequency of 534 welfare recipients in Houston Texas. Data were collected from the Attitudes, Behaviors, and Skills Assessment (ABSA) instrument designed specifically for this study. Results show that a minority of welffare recipients were involved in criminal activity. Furthermore, althoulgh participants were losing their welfare benefits, both criminal activity and substance use declined over time. (Author's abstract.) |
Note de contenu : | fig. ; tabl. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 39 |
Affiliation : |
Systems Corp., 3104 Edloe, Houston, TX 77027 Etats-Unis. United States. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 505897 |
Centre Emetteur : | 05 Marmottan |
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