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We study the determinants of youth crime using a dynamic discrete choice model of crime and education. We allow past … roles of state dependence, returns to experience, and heterogeneity in driving crime and enrollment decisions among youth … temporarily keep youth away from crime, can have important and lasting effects even if criminal experience has already accumulated. …
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This paper provides an estimate of the impact of educational attainment on juvenile conviction rates using information at the Local Education Authority in England. The empirical analysis uses aggregate conviction rates over time for three cohorts of young people, born between 1981 and 1983, and...
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This paper explores the process that links low achievement, school exclusion and involvement in crime among African-Caribbean boys and young men. Based on qualitative interviews with pupils and teachers at a pioneering secondary school in London and also with African-Caribbean young men who had...
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This paper looks at the connections between adolescent psychological development, police interrogation and the juvenile false confession phenomenon. It examines the psychological research on adolescent development and the impact this development can have on an adolescent’s decision to waive...
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This paper provides an estimation of the impact of educational attainment on juvenile conviction rates using …
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This paper examines the relationship between "school quality" and earnings in the United Kingdom. The specific focus is on evaluating the effect that private schooling has on hourly wage rates. It is well known that private (i.e. fee-paying) schools compared to state schools score higher on most...
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