Delinquency
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Cause or Effect: The Relationship Between Academic Achievement and Delinquency in America
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This piece, first published on January 3, 2014, is being republished as part of the Chicago Policy Review’s 20th Anniversary Series. Please visit us here to learn more about the series from our Executive Editors. For most students, strong academic performance ideally leads to a college acceptance and the path to a dream job. Likewise, most…
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Another Path: Can school-based gang prevention programs show youth a way out?
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An evaluation of the G.R.E.A.T. program, implemented as a school-based response to gang activity among youths, finds that students enrolled in the program are less likely than their peers to join gangs or have negative attitudes towards the police.
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Cause or Effect: The Relationship Between Academic Achievement and Delinquency in America
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Is it possible that delinquency can be both a cause and a consequence of weakened social bonds and low academic achievement?
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