Tanja C. Link

Assistant Professor of Sociology

1567 Patterson Office Tower

Phone: 257-6883
email: tlink2@uky.edu

Link to CV: [here]

Areas of Specialization 

Crime and Deviance:  Substance Use, Adolescent Risk and Problem Behaviors Comparative Criminology:  Criminal Justice Systems, Juvenile Justice

                 Recent Publications/Presentations

 Knudsen, Hannah K., Lori J. Ducharme, Paul M. Roman, and Tanja C. Link. 2005. “Buprenorphine diffusion: the attitudes of substance abuse treatment counselors.” Forthcoming in the Journal of Substance Use Treatment. 

Link, Tanja C. 2005. “Intoxication without borders: comparing adolescent substance use cross-culturally.” Poster presented at the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada. 

Yacoubian, George S. Jr., Ronald J. Peters, Wilson P. Palacios, and Tanja C. Link. 2004. “Identifying the Perceived and Diagnosed Prevalence of Ecstasy Dependence among Club Rave Attendees.” Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 3(4): 33-45.

Yacoubian, George S. Jr., Sarah Miller, Selwyn Pianism, Michael Kunz, Erin A., Orrick, Tanja C. Link, Wilson P. Palacios, and Ronald J. Peters. 2004. “Toward an Ecstasy and Other Club Drug (EOCD) Prevention and Intervention for Rave Attendees.” Journal of Drug Education 34(1): 41-59.

Forthcoming Publications

Link, Tanja C. Forthcoming: "Youthful intoxication: a cross-cultural study of drinking among German and American adolescents." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Link, Tanja C. Forthcoming: "Adolescent substance use in Germany and the United States: A cross-cultural test of the applicability and generalizability of theoretical indicators." European Journal of Criminology.

Link, Tanja C. Forthcoming: "The Monitoring The Future Study." In: Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery. Sage Publications.

 Current Projects 

Link, Tanja C. “The Intersection of Deviance and Substance Use among German and AmericanAdolescents.” For this paper, I analyze the predictors of adolescent substance use as well as its effects on future deviant behaviors among two cross-cultural adolescent samples, highlighting differences and similarities between Germany and the United States.

 Link, Tanja C. and Theo Baumgaertner. “Drug Use and Ethics.”  This paper discusses how the exclusion of ethical considerations from the political discussion regarding drugs has hindered the development of a rational policy toward drug use.