Juvenile Arrest and Later Economic Attainment: Strength and Mechanisms of the Relationship

ConclusionsThe fact that juvenile arrest predicted early adult economic attainment net of 43 matching covariates provides strong evidence that these effects are not merely artifacts of selection. The additional finding that education, employment, and income explain much of the juvenile arrest effect highlights several potential areas of intervention for protecting young arrestees ’ later net worth.
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - Category: Criminology Source Type: research