This study assesses whether mental health interventions can improve academic outcomes for justice-involved youth. Only … a limited number of studies have linked justice policies to outcomes beyond crime, particularly education, which carries … under which youth are assigned to behavioral treatment programs. The administrative data allow for a rich set of controls …

This paper evaluates the impact of quality of education on violence and crime using student performances on a mandatory …

Compulsory schooling laws (CSL) are often advocated for fighting crime. While this has generally worked for the US … olds introduced by the 2009 Brazilian Constitutional Amendment 59, we assess the effect of high schooling on violent youth … crime indices in all municipalities. Only about 53% municipalities adopted the Amendment by 2013 in our sample, which were …