Does Educational Marginalization Mediate the Path from Childhood Cumulative Risk to Criminal Offending?
Does Educational Marginalization Mediate the Path from Childhood Cumulative Risk to Criminal Offending?
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教育边缘化是否介导了从童年累积风险到刑事犯罪的路径？
DOI：
10.1007/s40865-017-0062-9
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta
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作者：
Solomon,StarrJ;Savolainen,Jukka;Mason,WAlex;Miettunen,Jouko;January,Stacy-AnnA;Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta
目的众所周知，早期接触多种风险因素可以预测参与刑事犯罪。本研究的目的是检查负责该关联的流程。具体来说，重点是青少年教育经历调节儿童累积风险 (CCR) 对刑事犯罪的影响的能力，扣除反社会倾向和行为的预期连续性。方法使用 1986 年北芬兰出生队列研究 (n= 5743) 的数据来估计结构方程模型，以检验假设的路径。教育路径由潜变量（教育边缘化）捕获，该变量包括学业成绩低、学校依恋薄弱和教育愿望低等指标。结果 CCR 与教育边缘化有很强的正相关关系，而教育边缘化又成为 19 岁时有犯罪记录的统计显着预测因素。虽然反社会行为的连续性占 CCR 对犯罪犯罪总影响的大部分，但其中三分之一是由教育边缘化介导的。结论这是遏制高危儿童犯罪活动的一个有希望的干预目标。
PurposeEarly exposure to multiple risk factors is known to predict involvement in criminal offending. The purpose of this study was to examine the processes responsible for this association. Specifically, the focus was on the capacity of adolescent educational experience to mediate the effect of childhood cumulative risk (CCR) on criminal offending, net of expected continuity in antisocial propensity, and behavior.MethodsData from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort Study 1986 (n= 5743) were used to estimate a structural equation model to examine the hypothesized pathways. The educational pathway was captured by a latent variable (educational marginalization) consisting of indicators of low academic performance, weak school attachment, and low educational aspirations.ResultsCCR had a strong positive relation with educational marginalization, which, in turn, emerged as a statistically significant predictor of having criminal record by age 19. Although continuity in antisocial behavior accounted for most of the total effect of CCR on criminal offending, one-third of it was mediated by educational marginalization.ConclusionsThe results highlight the adolescent educational experience as a promising target of intervention in efforts to curb criminal careers among children at risk.