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
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