The transition from drug use and crime to noninvolvement: a case study

There is a paucity of research on the factors related to the process of change from involvement to noninvolvement in drug use and criminal activity. This paper presents a case study of one subject's life history, obtained from depth interviews, which reveals this process. For this subject, rehabilitation was facilitated by specific structural factors which interacted with and altered facilitated by specific structural factors which interacted with and altered personal values.