Richard Dembo

Summary

Affiliation: University of Miami School of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Unresolved issues
    Richard Dembo
    University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
    Subst Use Misuse 40:997-8. 2005
  2. ncbi Individual and community risk factors and sexually transmitted diseases among arrested youths: a two level analysis
    Richard Dembo
    Criminology Department, University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
    J Behav Med 32:303-16. 2009
  3. ncbi Drug use and sexually transmitted diseases among female and male arrested youths
    Richard Dembo
    Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa, 33620, USA
    J Behav Med 32:129-41. 2009
  4. ncbi Special issue on innovative strategies in working with high risk youth. Introduction
    Richard Dembo
    University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
    Subst Use Misuse 40:879-85. 2005
  5. ncbi Levels of psychopathy and its correlates: a study of incarcerated youths in three states
    Richard Dembo
    University of South Florida, Department of Criminology, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
    Behav Sci Law 25:717-38. 2007
  6. ncbi Correlates of male and female juvenile offender abuse experiences
    Richard Dembo
    Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
    J Child Sex Abus 16:75-94. 2007
  7. ncbi Innovative approaches to identifying and responding to the needs of high risk youth
    Richard Dembo
    Criminology Department, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA
    Subst Use Misuse 38:1713-38. 2003
  8. ncbi The impact of a family empowerment intervention on juvenile offender heavy drinking: a latent growth model analysis
    Richard Dembo
    Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33620, USA
    Subst Use Misuse 37:1359-90. 2002
  9. ncbi Treating adolescent substance abuse problems in the juvenile drug court
    Steven Belenko
    The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 633 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10019-6706, USA
    Int J Law Psychiatry 26:87-110. 2003
  10. ncbi Diversion from the juvenile justice system: the Miami-Dade Juvenile Assessment Center Post-Arrest Diversion Program
    Joseph J Cocozza
    The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, Policy Research Associates, Inc, 345 Delaware Ave, Delmar, NY 12054, USA
    Subst Use Misuse 40:935-51. 2005

Research Grants

  1. Brief Intervention for Drug Use and HIV/STD Risk Prev. Among Truants
    Richard Dembo; Fiscal Year: 2009
  2. Brief Intervention for Drug Use and HIV/STD Risk Prev. Among Truants
    Richard Dembo; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi Unresolved issues
    Richard Dembo
    University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
    Subst Use Misuse 40:997-8. 2005
  2. ncbi Individual and community risk factors and sexually transmitted diseases among arrested youths: a two level analysis
    Richard Dembo
    Criminology Department, University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
    J Behav Med 32:303-16. 2009
    ..For the community-level predictors, concentrated disadvantage significantly and positively predicted the youths' STD status. Implications of these findings for future research and public health policy are discussed...
  3. ncbi Drug use and sexually transmitted diseases among female and male arrested youths
    Richard Dembo
    Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa, 33620, USA
    J Behav Med 32:129-41. 2009
    ..Overall, our findings raise serious public health and social welfare concerns, for both the youths and the community. Prevention and intervention implications of these findings are also discussed...
  4. ncbi Special issue on innovative strategies in working with high risk youth. Introduction
    Richard Dembo
    University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
    Subst Use Misuse 40:879-85. 2005
  5. ncbi Levels of psychopathy and its correlates: a study of incarcerated youths in three states
    Richard Dembo
    University of South Florida, Department of Criminology, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
    Behav Sci Law 25:717-38. 2007
    ..Conduct disordered, psychopathic youths were the most troubled among the youths studied...
  6. ncbi Correlates of male and female juvenile offender abuse experiences
    Richard Dembo
    Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
    J Child Sex Abus 16:75-94. 2007
    ..In addition, physical abuse was associated with psychological problems and sexual victimization with being female, being older, and own substance use. The research implications of these results are discussed...
  7. ncbi Innovative approaches to identifying and responding to the needs of high risk youth
    Richard Dembo
    Criminology Department, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA
    Subst Use Misuse 38:1713-38. 2003
    ..We conclude with a discussion of major issues facing the field and the continuing need for a national commitment to help the many troubled youths entering the juvenile justice system...
  8. ncbi The impact of a family empowerment intervention on juvenile offender heavy drinking: a latent growth model analysis
    Richard Dembo
    Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33620, USA
    Subst Use Misuse 37:1359-90. 2002
    ..The results provide support for the impact of the FEI services...
  9. ncbi Treating adolescent substance abuse problems in the juvenile drug court
    Steven Belenko
    The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 633 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10019-6706, USA
    Int J Law Psychiatry 26:87-110. 2003
  10. ncbi Diversion from the juvenile justice system: the Miami-Dade Juvenile Assessment Center Post-Arrest Diversion Program
    Joseph J Cocozza
    The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, Policy Research Associates, Inc, 345 Delaware Ave, Delmar, NY 12054, USA
    Subst Use Misuse 40:935-51. 2005
    ..The Post-Arrest Diversion (PAD) program provides systematic, standardized screening and assessment, individualized case planning, an extensive referral service, and case management and follow-up...
  11. ncbi Recently arrested adolescents are at high risk for sexually transmitted diseases
    Steven Belenko
    Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 35:758-63. 2008
    ..With previous research and interventions focused on incarcerated adolescents, data are needed on STD prevalence and risk factors among newly arrested youth released to the community, a far larger subgroup...
  12. ncbi A national survey of substance abuse treatment for juvenile offenders
    Douglas W Young
    Institute for Governmental Service and Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    J Subst Abuse Treat 32:255-66. 2007
    ..More detailed data showed that the number of youth attending treatment in all types of facilities on any given day was very low...

Research Grants4

  1. Brief Intervention for Drug Use and HIV/STD Risk Prev. Among Truants
    Richard Dembo; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..We hypothesize that both Bl conditions will show greater reductions in drug use and improved school performance compared with the control group, and the BI-YP group will show greater improvement on these measures than the BI-Y group. ..
  2. Brief Intervention for Drug Use and HIV/STD Risk Prev. Among Truants
    Richard Dembo; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..We hypothesize that both Bl conditions will show greater reductions in drug use and improved school performance compared with the control group, and the BI-YP group will show greater improvement on these measures than the BI-Y group. ..