Prof. TANG So Kum, CatherineCatherineProf. TANG So KumProf. CHEUNG Yuet-WahLee, Wing Lin, FrancisWing Lin, FrancisLee2024-05-302024-05-302004International Journal of Psychology, 2004, vol. 39(5-6).1464-066X0020-7594http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/10146Five hundred marginal adolescents in Hong Kong were individually interviewed to determine factors associated with their cross-border deviance. Results showed that 52% of the participants used illicit drugs and 14% engaged in commercial sex when they traveled across the border to Shenzhen. Lower cost was cited as the major pull factor. Psychosocial factors related to these cross-border deviances included: need for excitement, susceptibility to peer pressure, association with drug-using peers, educational disadvantage, trouble with the law, and presence of deviant behaviors in Hong Kong. Participants also indicated that engagement in cross-border deviance did not decrease similar deviant behaviors in Hong Kong.enPeer Reviewed Journal Article10.1080/00207594.2004.20040813