Delinquency, arrest and early school leaving

S Ward; J Williams; Jan van Ours

doi:10.1111/obes.12393

Delinquency, arrest and early school leaving

S Ward, J Williams, Jan van Ours

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Abstract

Boys typically initiate delinquent behaviour during their teenage years, and many go on to be arrested. We show that engaging in delinquency and being arrested in youth are each associated with early school leaving. The effect of delinquency on school leaving is largely driven by crimes that produce a monetary return, and the increase in school leaving is greater when onset of these types of crime, and arrest, occur at younger ages. The sizeable impact of delinquency on school leaving highlights the need for crime prevention efforts to extend beyond youth who come into contact with the justice system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	411-436
Number of pages	26
Journal	Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Volume	83
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12393
Publication status	Published - Apr 2021

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*The authors are grateful to the Department of Economics, University of Melbourne for supporting this research. We thank Stephen Machin, Olivier Marie, Sarmistha Pal and other participants in the Surrey‐UGPN Conference on Youth Crime and Public Policy Interventions 2017, Kevin Staub and two anonymous referees for helpful feedback on this research.

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© 2020 The Department of Economics, University of Oxford and John Wiley & Sons Ltd

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