..., socioeconomic and mental health factors contributed to circumstances that involved international students as perpetrators of crime. Practical implications The practical implications of this paper are a need for the host country to provide a greater level of information about laws and local customs; need...

...Steven L. Proctor; Albert M. Kopak Purpose This paper aims to extend previous findings by identifying the mental health correlates of both acute and chronic substance use behaviors among a large nationally representative sample of juvenile offenders. Design/methodology/approach Survey of Youth...

... is to evaluate and synthesize theory and research relating to the relationship between gang membership and mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and post traumatic stress disorder and considered how treating gang violence as a public health problem, rather than punishing it as a criminal justice...