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Predictive factors for illicit drug use among young people: A literature review

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DOI10.1177/02645505070540030802
Published date01 September 2007
Date01 September 2007
AuthorJonquil Ifans
Subject MatterArticles
/tmp/tmp-17rO67WB7EvsBQ/input 278 Probation Journal 54(3)
implement this. Opportunities for additional funding should be explored to enable
cost-effective delivery of the programme.
A significant finding from the research is the importance of providing infor-
mation regarding the PPO programme to offenders, as a number of offenders had
little understanding of the selection and de-selection processes, with only roughly
half feeling that they had enough information regarding the scheme. The offenders
who perceived that not enough information was provided at the beginning of the
programme tended to be less positive about the programme in general.
The National PPO Evaluation – Research to Inform and Guide Practice, by Paul
Dawson, Home Office Online Report 09/07, London, Home Office. Download
free from: http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/ppo/rdsolr0907.pdf
Caroline Hughes
Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice, NEWI
Predictive factors for illicit drug use among young
people: A literature review
This systematic review provides an up-to-date investigation of the key literature
examining factors associated with increased risk of illicit drug use among young
people. The previous comprehensive British review undertaken in 1998 identified
a number of high-risk groups susceptible to drug misuse; however, this tended to
focus on studies supporting the hypothesized links between risk factors and problem
drug use. In this review, attention is given to methodology, a systematic search of
electronic databases, the identification of papers of a suitable quality and the
random selection of studies for analysis.
The review confirms the complexity of this area of inquiry and assists in clari-
fying a range of predictors. It identifies consistent evidence of predictive factors in
relation to young people’s family relations, for example, issues such as parental
discipline, lack of family cohesion and reduced parental monitoring. There are links
with large family size and low parental age and the influence of peers and drug
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