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Safety in Schools and Neighborhoods

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Exposure to violent crime in childhood has potential long-run effects on students' future earnings and hours worked. However, in the neighborhoods of students' homes and schools where crime occurs, there are other factors at play working against students. This Economic Commentary discusses how violent crime and additional factors related to education potentially affect educational progress and, by extension, future labor force attachment. In school neighborhoods and residential neighborhoods where a lot of violent crime takes place, school administrators and students report a need for greater support from caregivers and from adults at school.

Source: Economic Commentary (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)

DOI: 10.26509/frbc-ec-202510

Author: Craig Sylvera

Institution: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Language: English

Topic: Crime Patterns and Interventions

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Quality education, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7083462199

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