Delinquency: Do the Dropouts Drop Back In?.

Kempf, Kimberly L.

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Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1989

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Delinquency: Do the Dropouts Drop Back In?

Kempf, Kimberly L.

Youth and Society, v20 n3 p269-89 Mar 1989

Analysis of data from the 1958 Philadelphia Birth Cohort Study indicates that individuals who dropped out from delinquency were less likely to renew their involvement with crime as adults regardless of race, socioeconomic status, gender, or particular dropout period. (FMW)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Cohort Analysis, Criminals, Delinquency, Individual Characteristics, Preadolescents, Predictor Variables, Recidivism, Urban Youth, Youth Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

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