This paper explores the process that links low achievement, school exclusion and involvement in crime among African …-Caribbean boys and young men. Based on qualitative interviews with pupils and teachers at a pioneering secondary school in London and … key aspects of 'trouble at school' and ways in which this can lead to 'trouble on the street'. When students experience …

In this article we study the effects of permanent school closures on crime. We leverage the closure of over 300 schools … in Scotland between the school years 2006/07 and 2018/19, and employ a staggered difference-in-differences design on a … matched sample. We find that neighbourhoods affected by school closures experience a reduction in crime of about 9% of a …

The critical relationship between racially identifiable neighborhoods in northern cities and school segregation has … attorneys have been frustrated in attempts to gain the courts' approval of combined school and housing remedies. This essay … seeks to illustrate the challenges of winning housing remedies in northern school desegregation cases: (1) proving causation …

This study examines the impact of children's age within grade on school victimization in elementary school …. Identification of age effects relies on the instrumental variables approach drawing on official school entry age rules based on … children's month of birth. The empirical analysis uses the PIRLS data for 17 countries where such school entry age rules are …

This study examines the impact of children's age within grade on school victimization in elementary school …. Identification of age effects relies on the instrumental variables approach drawing on official school entry age rules based on … children's month of birth. The empirical analysis uses the PIRLS data for 17 countries where such school entry age rules are …