Do Public Schools Increase Juvenile Delinquency?.

Tygart, C. E.

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ERIC Number: EJ440487

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Publication Date: 1992

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Do Public Schools Increase Juvenile Delinquency?

Tygart, C. E.

Urban Education, v26 n4 p359-70 Jan 1992

Investigates the relationship between family social status of 1,734 seventh through twelfth grade students in an urban Southern California district and crime or delinquency committed by these students in a school context. Acts of school delinquency are related to school attendance, sex, and age. Discusses reasons for the relationships. (SLD)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Context Effect, Delinquency, Delinquency Causes, Educational Environment, Family Characteristics, Parent Background, Public Schools, School Role, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Sex Differences, Social Class, Social Status, Urban Schools, White Students

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California

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