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- COVID-19 pandemic and the use of illicit substances in young people with delinquent behaviorsPublication . Silva, M.; Matos, R.; Carvalho, M. J.This study is part of the JUST COVID-19 (UCP) and YO&JUST (CICS-NOVA) projects, aiming to understand the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the use of illicit substances by young people with delinquent behaviours. Early onset of substance use in adolescence has been associated with increased delinquency and subsequent criminality, specifically including violent crime, and being at particularly high risk of serious problems later in life (Gordon et al., 2004). As the pandemic progressed, containment measures were implemented. Social distancing to decrease interaction between individuals (Duarte, 2020), the closure of schools and other places that provided crowding of the population (Schmidt, 2020), as well as the general isolation caused in young people various stressors such as fear of being infected, distress, loneliness, anxiety and depression (Scalia et al., 2020). These variables may have caused changes in the contexts and patterns of illicit substance use. To understand such changes several professionals who work with young people with deviant behaviours were interviewed. In this poster, we present the study and its main results.
- The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the execution of educational measures in the communityPublication . Figueiredo, R.; Matos, R.; Carvalho, M. J.This study is part of the JUST COVID 19 project (Universidade Católica Portuguesa), in partnership with the YO&JUST project (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa) and its overall objective is to understand the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on the execution of educational measures in the community. Although this phenomenon is recent, international studies have already highlighted its impact on justice systems and juvenile delinquency (Gordon, Klose, & Lyttle Storrod, 2020; Buchanan, Castro, Kushner, & Krohn, 2020; McCarthy, Homel, Ogilvie & Allard, 2021). However, at national level, there is a lack of research on this topic, thus making this study an added value to understand this reality and subsequently bring contributions that safeguard the interests of children and young people. In order to achieve the defined objectives, interviews were carried out with seven professionals working in the Portuguese juvenile justice system, particularly in the metropolitan areas of Porto and Lisbon and in Alto Alentejo. The Annual Statistical Reports of the Direção Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais from 2015 to 2020 and the Reports from February, May and December 2021 of the same entity were also used. The analysis of the data allowed evidencing several impacts arising from the pandemic in the execution of tutelary educational measures in the community.