ERIC Number: EJ1423487
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0964-5292
EISSN: EISSN-1469-5782
Arrested Development: Relative School Entry Age and Arrests during the Teenage and Young Adult Years
Asha Shepard
Education Economics, v32 n3 p275-297 2024
A large literature documents that there are significant academic and non-academic differences between the youngest and oldest students in a school cohort. This paper investigates if being the youngest in a cohort has any impact on an individual's propensity to commit crime by utilizing a data set that contains over 4 million arrest records spanning a 20-year period in California. While I find no persistent effect on the probability of arrest, the youngest students in a cohort have a higher risk of arrest for certain offenses at age 14, corresponding to the age when they would transition to high school.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, School Entrance Age, Crime, Age Differences, Middle School Students, Student Promotion
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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