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Inequality in academic performance and juvenile convictions: An area-based analysis
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posted on 2023-06-08, 09:34 authored by Ricardo Sabates, Leon Feinstein, Anirudh ShingalThis paper focuses on the links between inequality in academic performance and juvenile conviction rates for violent crime, stealing from another person, burglary in a dwelling and racially motivated offences. We use area-based aggregate data to model this relationship. Our results show that, above and beyond impacts of absolute access to resources, young people who grow up in school cohorts marked by higher levels of disparity in educational achievement may be more prone to commit violent crime and racially motivated offences than those with less disparity. This association is however not found for property-related offences. Our results further show that higher between-schools inequality and higher within-school inequality are both associated with higher conviction rates for violent crime and racially motivated offences.
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British Journal of Educational StudiesISSN
0007-1005Publisher
Taylor and FrancisIssue
2Volume
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143-158Department affiliated with
- Education Publications
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2012-02-06Usage metrics
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