Adolescent Development HC14

Adolescent development HC 14


Alcohol use and delinquency – Ina Koning

Alcohol is often related to fun, but…

Risks
 Lichamelijke of geestelijke ontwikkeling blijft achter
 Meer kans op verslaving
 Onveilige of ongewenste seks (vooral meisjes)
 Alcoholvergiftiging
 Meer agressie en geweld  hier gaat het vandaag over (how is this related?)
o Dader of slachtoffer

Today
 Alcohol use and delinquency among youth
 Similarities and differences between alcohol use and delinquency
 Prevention of Alcohol use in Students (PAS)
 What about delinquency?

Part 1: Alcohol use and delinquency among youth

Do the Dutch drink?
 Yes!
 Underage drinking (Van Dorsselaer et al., 2016)
o 13-year old  monthly drinking = 11%
o 15-year old drinkers  binge drinking = 72%
o Age of onset is prosponed because of policy changes, but if they drink, they
drink a lot

Are they delinquent?
 One or more light delinquent acts (in the bus without a ticket; Junger-Tas et al., 2010)
o 13-year old  31%
o 15-year old  29%
 Severe delinquent acts (e.g. robbery, threat; Junger-Tas et al., 2010)
o 13-year old  31%
o 15-year old  50%

Part 2: similarities and differences

Shared similarities
1. Interrelated
o Correlations and co-occurence
 10 years: r = .16 - .18 (Mason et al., 2009)
 12-15 years: r = .43 (Van Nieuwenhuizen et al., 2009)
 12-16 years: in 25 European countries (Gatti et al., 2013)




Those who commit crimes are also more likely to drink alcohol