Does Educational Marginalization Mediate the Path from Childhood Cumulative Risk to Criminal Offending?

Early exposure to multiple risk factors is known to predict involvement in criminal offending. The purpose of this study was to examine the processes responsible for this association. Specifically, the focus was on the capacity of adolescent educational experience to mediate the effect of childhood...

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Main Author: Solomon, Starr J. (Author)
Contributors: Savolainen, Jukka ; January, Stacy-Ann A. ; Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta ; Mason, W. Alex ; Miettunen, Jouko
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2017]
In: Journal of developmental and life-course criminology
Year: 2017, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 326-346
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Keywords:
Criminal offending
Cumulative risk
Finland
School effects
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Summary:Early exposure to multiple risk factors is known to predict involvement in criminal offending. The purpose of this study was to examine the processes responsible for this association. Specifically, the focus was on the capacity of adolescent educational experience to mediate the effect of childhood cumulative risk (CCR) on criminal offending, net of expected continuity in antisocial propensity, and behavior.
ISSN:2199-465X
DOI:10.1007/s40865-017-0062-9