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Title: High School Experience and the Risk of Adult Incarceration
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1. Arum, Richard
Beattie, Irenee Rose
High School Experience and the Risk of Adult Incarceration
Criminology 37,3 (August 1999): 515-539.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1745-9125.1999.tb00495.x/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: American Society of Criminology
Keyword(s): Education; Event History; High School; Incarceration/Jail; Labor Market Demographics; Life Course; Unemployment Rate, Regional

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This study assesses the effects of high school educational experiences on the risk of incarceration for young men aged 19-36 using event history analysis and National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data. High school education serves as a defining moment in an individual's life course. Young men who enroll in secondary occupational course work significantly reduce their likelihood of incarceration both overall and net of differences in the adult labor market. High school student/teacher ratios and student composition also significantly affect an individual's risk of incarceration.
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Arum, Richard and Irenee Rose Beattie. "High School Experience and the Risk of Adult Incarceration." Criminology 37,3 (August 1999): 515-539.