Table 3.
Evaluation of Mediation of the Association of Heavy Adolescent Marijuana Use with Crime Outcomes: Odds Ratios and Significance (N=702)
Model 1: Baseline Model |
Model 2: Adding High School Dropout |
Model 3: Adding Cocaine/Heroin Use |
Model 4: Adding Dropout and Cocaine/Heroin |
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Official Crime Record of: | ||||
Drug-Related Crime | 2.38** | 2.47** | 2.43** | 2.51** |
Property Crime | 1.54* | 1.43† | 1.65* | 1.52* |
Any Crime | 1.58* | 1.48† | 1.71* | 1.59* |
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Ever Incarcerateda | 2.10** | 1.95** | 2.10** | 1.96* |
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Self-Report of: | ||||
Drug Dealing | 1.72* | 1.58† | 1.46 | 1.39 |
Property Crime | 1.80** | 1.66* | 1.61* | 1.53† |
Note: Analyses use matched, multiply imputed data. Regression analyses also adjust for all covariates shown in Table 1.
p<.10
p<.05
p<.01
Incarceration history is derived from several sources including self-reporting incarceration during one or more of the adult interviews, having been interviewed in prison or jail, or having an official arrest record indicating sentencing to prison or jail.