Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: This study incorporates a multidimensional theoretical framework (stemming from Coleman and Hirschi) in order to analyze the effects varying educational structures have on adolescent delinquent behavior.A nationally representative sample of United States youth, Add Health 1 , is used to examine how school type exerts social control to influence self-reported delinquency.This study finds that private school students report the lower levels of delinquency than parochial school students and public school students.Specifically, analyses show that even after "selecting into" different types of schools, factors associated with the school, both at the structural and individual/social level, continue to matter.Future research in this domain should focus on school characteristics and peer networks in relation to adolescent delinquency.Policy implications should reallocate funds away from disciplinary policies, such as zero tolerance and move towards practices that will increase adolescents' attachment and legitimate involvement with school.
Author: Katie Marie Mead-Brillowski
Institution: Bowling Green State University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2596667873