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ERIC Number: EJ1247561
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Apr
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1053-1890
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Adolescent Females with Limited Delinquency: A Follow-Up on Educational Attainment and Recidivism
Azad, Azade; Ginner Hau, Hanna
Child & Youth Care Forum, v49 n2 p325-342 Apr 2020
Background: Research has established a strong relationship between education and later life outcomes, where the connection between different school problems and delinquency have been widely acknowledged. These studies have often sampled male juvenile offenders exhibiting extensive and/or persistent delinquency. Less is known about the educational attainment of female juvenile offenders, especially those who display limited delinquency. In a previous study (Azad and Ginner Hau in Child Youth Serv Rev 95:384-396, 2018), the characteristics of this particular group of offenders were explored where the results showed limited self-reported delinquency but elevated school problems. Objective: The present aim was to conduct a follow-up study of the same sample of female adolescents, in order to study their educational attainment during adolescence and the rate of recidivism within 24 months after being sentenced through registry data. Method: The sample consisted of adolescent females (N = 144) who were convicted of a crime and sentenced to youth service between 2007 and 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden. Results: The results showed that the majority of the females did not reoffend within 2 years after being sentenced. They did, however, display high educational deficits. Their grade point average at the end of both compulsory education and upper secondary school was much lower than that of young females in general, and the majority had either dropped out, never begun or received zero in all subjects at the end of upper secondary school. Conclusions: The low school results indicate a need to support young delinquent females' educational attainment in order to improve their overall life chances.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden (Stockholm)
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