RT Article
T1 Prevention of Criminal Offending: the Intervening and Protective Effects of Education for Aggressive Youth
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 60
IS 3
SP 537
OP 558
A1 Kennedy-Turner, Kathleen
A1 Dickson, Daniel J.
A1 Ledingham, Jane E.
A1 Schwartzman, Alex E.
A1 Serbin, Lisa
A1 Stack, Dale M.
A2 Dickson, Daniel J.
A2 Ledingham, Jane E.
A2 Schwartzman, Alex E.
A2 Serbin, Lisa
A2 Stack, Dale M.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1694674800
AB Children from poor neighbourhoods showing early aggressive behaviour are at risk for criminal offending. The role of education as a mediator, neighbourhood disadvantage and aggression as moderators for criminal offending were examined in a lower-income, community sample (n = 3,521; 48% males), across a 40-year period from childhood to mid-adulthood. Educational attainment accounted for 15-59% of the effect from childhood risk factors. Aggression was found to be a moderator such that aggressive children with low education had the highest odds of criminal offending. A protective effect was found where aggressive children who managed to obtain more education had reduced odds of offending. Research conceptualizing education as a ‘control' variable does not address its role in the processes leading to criminal offending.
K1 Neighbourhood disadvantage
K1 Childhood aggression
K1 Education
K1 Criminal charges
K1 Causal mediation
DO 10.1093/bjc/azz053