ERIC Number: EJ931758
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 21
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More Choice, Less Crime
Dills, Angela K.; Hernandez-Julian, Rey
Education Finance and Policy, v6 n2 p246-266 Spr 2011
Previous research debates whether public school choice improves students' academic outcomes, but there is little examination of its effects on their nonacademic outcomes. We use data from a nationally representative sample of high school students, a previously developed Tiebout choice measure, and metropolitan-level data on teenage arrest rates to examine how public school choice affects students' propensity to be arrested or to join a gang. Adolescents in metropolitan areas with more public school choice are less likely to be associated with criminal activity, suggesting that the benefits of public school choice extend outside the classroom.
Descriptors: Public Schools, Crime, School Choice, Metropolitan Areas, High School Students, Program Effectiveness, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Student Behavior, Delinquency, Juvenile Gangs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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