Citation

Boggess LN. Crime Delinq. 2016; 62(5): 669-700.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0011128713510081

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study assesses the relationship between racial and ethnic change and change in crime in a different type of community--schools. Like neighborhoods, some schools are perpetually more dangerous than others despite turnover. This study investigates how change in the racial and ethnic composition of school enrollment plays a role in school-level crime. In addition, because schools are located within a community context, this study incorporates spatial context and includes information on crime and residential change in the neighborhood surrounding the school. Using a series of negative binomial regression models assessing the influence of changes in school-specific and local community factors on serious school offending (assaults, batteries, robberies, and property offenses that occurred on campus) over time, the findings reveal that that the relationship between school-level racial and ethnic change is moderated by the community-level changes, but that the relationship is specific to school type and contrary to theoretical expectation.

Keywords: Juvenile justice;

Language: en