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Peer reviewedHartnagel, Timothy F.; Krahn, Harvey – Youth and Society, 1989
Correlations between delinquency among high school dropouts and a number of non-educational factors are explored. The study posits that unemployment and other labor market factors, as much as academic failure, influence dropout criminal behavior. The effects of free time, boredom, youthfulness, substance abuse, and peer pressure are also…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Alcohol Abuse, Crime, Delinquency
