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Author: Ekhator, Uche Eseosa
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Gang Neighborhood and Youth Criminal Behavior M.S. Thesis, Department of Statistics, Northern Illinois University, 2017 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Mothers, Adolescent; Neighborhood Effects; Substance Use Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. I examine the effect of the presence of gangs in a youth's neighborhood on criminal behavior in the United States using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) with a Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) model. There is evidence that the presence of gangs in a youth's neighborhood affects youth arrests, delinquency and substance use taken together for youths born to mothers who are 30 years or older. The negative effect of gangs on incidences of delinquency is larger for youths born to teen mothers than for those whose mothers were 30 years or older when they were born. The reverse is however the case for substance use. Youths born to teen mothers and residing in neighborhoods where gangs are present are less likely to have incidences of substance use than their counterparts born to mothers who were 30 years or older. This result suggests that children from teen pregnancies are at higher risks of criminal behavior when gangs are present in their neighborhoods than children born to older mothers. Policies aiming to prevent criminal behavior for youths in gang neighborhoods should therefore focus more on youths born to teen mothers. |
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Ekhator, Uche Eseosa. Gang Neighborhood and Youth Criminal Behavior. M.S. Thesis, Department of Statistics, Northern Illinois University, 2017. |
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Three Essays Examining Early Life Shocks That Affect Human Capital Production Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, Northern Illinois University, 2018 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Substance Use Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The third essay examines the effect of neighborhood gangs on youth criminal behavior in the United States. It uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) and examines the effect of neighborhood gangs on youth delinquency and substance use. The essay finds that neighborhood gangs positively affect incidences of substance use by youths after accounting for individual heterogeneity. This finding suggests that policies providing early guidance to youths about the effects of neighborhood gangs should be encouraged. Youths exposed to neighborhood gangs should be sensitized on the dangers of substance use. |
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Ekhator, Uche Eseosa. Three Essays Examining Early Life Shocks That Affect Human Capital Production. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, Northern Illinois University, 2018. |