Most of the research on adolescents with illegal sexual behaviors (AISB) has focused on males. However, increasing numbers of girls have been coming to the attention of the juvenile courts as a result of illegal sexual behaviors. This article summarizes what is known about the characteristics and treatment needs of girls with AISB. 9 Adolescents With Illegal Sexual Behavior: Current Knowledge B...

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between alcohol and drug use, and school-related problems measured by low grade point average (GPA) and high school attendance. We also examined potential confounding effects from mental health problems. Although the issue is not new within current literature, the present study has its strengths in a large number of participants and the u...

BACKGROUND Economic recessions may influence illegal drug use via different mechanisms, for example increased use due to more psychological distress or decreased use due to lower incomes and purchasing power. This paper reviews the literature on how economic recessions and unemployment affect the use of illegal drugs among adults. METHODS We conducted a systematic realist literature review, w...

BACKGROUND Due to the popularity of public service announcements (PSAs), as well as the broader health and social harms associated with illicit drug use, this study sought to investigate how drug prevention messages found in the Government of Canada's DrugsNot4Me campaign were understood, experienced, and engaged with among a group of street-involved young people in Vancouver, Canada. METHODS...

INTRODUCTION The wildlife laws of Ghana alienated the rural communities from forests and material well-being depended upon for their livelihood and this manifests itself in the progressive conflict between the park patrol staff and poachers from the fringes of the protected areas. CASE DESCRIPTION The main aim of this study was to determine the impact of quantification of patrol efforts on in...

By investigating how educational practitioners participate in activities around open educational practices (OEP), this paper aims at contributing to an understanding of open practices and how these practitioners learn to use OEP. Our research is guided by the following hypothesis: Different social configurations support a variety of social learning activities. The social configuration of OEPs i...

*Dita Vogel collaborated as co-author on chapters 2 and 3 and also provided individual contributions to and comments on the entire text. The AKI Research Review on " Migration and Illegality in Germany " records and evaluates the current status of knowledge on this topic. The general aim of the AKI research reviews is to organize and evaluate the information available on a selected topic, to di...

The majority of taxpayers, whether individuals or corporations, seek to reduce their tax burden benefit from a certain saving. In this sense, taxpayers resort various legal even illegal planning practices. article, we deepen the understanding concept and offer, readers, new theoretical empirical indicators understand motivations behind fiscally aggressive behavior. Indeed, after presenting fram...