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Economic Commentary

Does School Quality Affect Juvenile Crime?

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This essay investigates whether students who attend higher-quality schools commit fewer crimes. If so, improving school quality might be worth considering as an approach to reducing juvenile crime. The author finds some evidence that higher-quality schools are associated with lower probabilities of committing some types of crime.

01.15.2003EC 1/1/2003

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Pandjiris, Amy. 2003. “Does School Quality Affect Juvenile Crime?” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 1/1/2003.

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