This paper studies the impact of compulsory schooling on in-school violence using individual-level administrative data … indicate that in-school violence increases. Effects concentrate among students with prior criminal records and their classmates …, with greater exposure to in-school violence leading to increased criminality at older ages. Dropout age reforms may alter …

influence adolescents’ decisions in crime participation and school attendance. The study finds that, after an exogenous decrease … group attend school decreased following the change in the juvenile justice system. This effect is stronger for boys from …