@article{ref1,
title="Prevention of criminal offending: the intervening and protective effects of education for aggressive youth",
journal="British journal of criminology",
year="2020",
author="Kennedy-Turner, Kathleen and Serbin, Lisa A. and Stack, Dale M. and Dickson, Daniel J. and Ledingham, Jane E. and Schwartzman, Alex E.",
volume="60",
number="3",
pages="537-558",
abstract="Children from poor neighbourhoods showing early aggressive behaviour are at risk for criminal offending. The role of education as a mediator, neighbourhood disadvantage and aggression as moderators for criminal offending were examined in a lower-income, community sample (n = 3,521; 48% males), across a 40-year period from childhood to mid-adulthood. Educational attainment accounted for 15-59% of the effect from childhood risk factors. Aggression was found to be a moderator such that aggressive children with low education had the highest odds of criminal offending. A protective effect was found where aggressive children who managed to obtain more education had reduced odds of offending. Research conceptualizing education as a 'control' variable does not address its role in the processes leading to criminal offending.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-0955",
doi="10.1093/bjc/azz053",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azz053"
}