Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Impact of Juvenile Justice Involvement on Educational Outcomes

该项目审查了一个长期被忽视的城市内社区教育不利因素的根源-青少年司法系统中青少年特别是城市少数群体青少年的参与程度越来越高。 一方面，少年司法系统长期以来一直试图将教育纳入其改造使命。 另一方面，对青年定罪可能使他们更难取得学业成就。 因此，该项目调查了逮捕和拘留青少年如何对学习成绩产生积极和消极影响。 为此，研究人员首先分析了1992年至1999年期间逮捕或拘留的876名贫困和少数族裔芝加哥青年的定量数据。 第二，调查员与随机抽样的20名18至19岁的青年进行面对面的非正式访谈，以获得有关刑事制裁前后学校经历的定性数据。 来自这两个数据来源的结果提供了独特的见解如何青少年司法系统塑造的经验和教育成果的少年犯。

This project examines a long-overlooked source of educational disadvantage in inner-city communities - the increased involvement of youth in general and urban minority youth in particular in the juvenile justice system. On one hand, juvenile justice systems have long attempted to include education in its rehabilitative mission. One the other hand, criminalization of youth may make school achievement all the more difficult. The project thus investigates how arrest and detention of juveniles exert positive and negative effects on academic performance. To do so, the investigator first analyzes quantitative data on 876 poor and minority Chicago youth arrested or detained between 1992 and 1999. Second, the investigator conducts face-to-face informal interviews with a random sample of 20 youths ages 18-19 to obtain qualitative data on experiences in school before and after criminal sanctions. The results from both data sources provide unique insights into how the juvenile justice system shapes the experiences and educational outcomes of juvenile offenders.