DHS and Northwestern univ. publish B.S. study claiming teens on drugs will become violent adults
(image credit DHS Scholarships Program)
'Researchers' and I use the term loosely from the ' Northwestern Juvenile Project ' or Northwestern university have such close ties to Homeland Security it should make your blood boil!
By Northwestern's own admission they work for DHS, sorry with the Dept. Of Justice (DOJ). It says so right at the top of their Juvenile Justice Bulletin's. Click here to see how DHS controls the DOJ and much, much more..
'The Northwestern Project' is FUNDED by numerous government agencies that are run by DHS. See the quote below:
"The Northwestern Project is funded by a consortium of federal agencies and private foundations (e.g., NIH, the Department of Justice, CDC)".
Northwestern offers a 'Master of Science in Homeland Security.' That's right, you can go to college and jump right into spying on Americans and shape our justice system.
Here's a revealing quote from Northwestern's Homeland Security program:
"The DHS Scholarship and Fellowship Program is intended for students interested in pursuing the basic science and technology innovations that can be applied to the DHS mission. Sophomores apply for the scholarship, while seniors and recent grads apply for the fellowship; eligible fields include physical, mathematical, computer and information, life, or social sciences, as well as psychology."
Why is DHS involved with 'life' and 'social sciences'? According to Wikipedia social sciences studies include" economics, political science, human geography, demography and sociology. In a wider sense, social science also includes among its branches some fields in the humanities such as anthropology, archaeology, history, law and linguistics."
The next time you hear of someone going to a psychologist, archaeologist or historian etc., assume their being trained by DHS!
"Students participate in mentoring and professional development activities with DHS managers and senior leaders from across components."
Click here, here & here to read more about how students can work with DHS/Northwestern.
DHS's 'Juvenile Project' oops, silly me, I mean Northwestern's Juvenile Project has conducted dozens of so-called independent studies being used to justify America's war on drugs.
Just how influential is Northwestern you ask? They INFLUENCE U.S. public health policy, the Supreme Court, congressional hearings and the Surgeon General’s office. See below:
"Health Disparities & Public Policy is a research program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. Formerly known as the Psycho-Legal Studies program, the research group changed its name to reflect its focus on health disparities. The program’s studies investigate health needs of traditionally underserved populations such as racial/ethnic minorities, impoverished persons, the homeless, and incarcerated populations. Findings from the group’s studies have shaped US public health policy. Results have been cited in Supreme Court amicus briefs, congressional hearings, and Surgeon General’s reports."
Here's the B.S. study from Northwestern's Juvenile Project:
Please read Northwestern's "Psychiatric Disorders and Violence: A Study of Delinquent Youth After Detention" study with EXTREME skepticism...
"The Northwestern Juvenile Project is a longitudinal study of youth from the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (Chicago, Illinois). Violence and psychiatric disorders were assessed via self-report in 1,659 youth (56% African American, 28% Hispanic, 36% female, aged 13–25 years) interviewed up to 4 times between 3 and 5 years after detention. Using generalized estimating equations and logistic regression, we examined the following: the prevalence of violence 3 and 5 years after detention; the contemporaneous relationships between psychiatric disorders and violence as youth age; and whether the presence of a psychiatric disorder predicts subsequent violence."
While some respondents who had psychiatric illness did report violent behavior, the 'study' found that their behavior was likely influenced by external risk factors that included living in violent neighborhoods.
However, drug addiction among juveniles was associated with an increased rate of future violence, the 'study' found.
“Substance use disorders predicted subsequent violence. Males with other drug use disorder and females with marijuana use disorder three years after detention had greater odds of any violence,” 'researchers' wrote.
"Rates of any violence decreased between 3 and 5 years after detention, from 35% to 21% (males), and from 20% to 17% (females). There was a contemporaneous relationship between disorder and violence."
Remember these 'studies' are being used to justify America's war on drugs!