On the Ubiquity of Drug Selling Among Youthful Offenders in Washington, D.C., 1985-1991: Age, Period, or Cohort Effect?

The authors present a multiple-cohort analysis of rates of participation in drug offenses versus other crime in an urban sample, based on official charge data on young adults from the Pretrial Services Agency in the District of Columbia for the years 1985 to 1991.