Does Educational Marginalization Mediate the Path from Childhood Cumulative Risk to Criminal Offending?
Purpose: Early 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 c...
Published in: | Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | unknown |
Published: |
Digital Commons @ University of South Florida
2017
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/esf_facpub/221 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-017-0062-9 |
id |
ftunisfloridatam:oai:digitalcommons.usf.edu:esf_facpub-1260 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftunisfloridatam:oai:digitalcommons.usf.edu:esf_facpub-1260 2023-05-15T17:42:32+02:00 Does Educational Marginalization Mediate the Path from Childhood Cumulative Risk to Criminal Offending? Solomon, Starr J. Savolainen, Jukka Mason, W. Alex Miettunen, Jouko January, Stacy-Ann A. Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta 2017-01-01T08:00:00Z https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/esf_facpub/221 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-017-0062-9 unknown Digital Commons @ University of South Florida https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/esf_facpub/221 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-017-0062-9 Educational and Psychological Studies Faculty Publications Cumulative risk Criminal offending School effects Finland article 2017 ftunisfloridatam https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-017-0062-9 2022-09-15T17:53:29Z Purpose: Early 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. Methods: Data 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. Results: CCR 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. Conclusions The results highlight the adolescent educational experience as a promising target of intervention in efforts to curb criminal careers among children at risk. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Digital Commons University of South Florida (USF) Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology 3 3 326 346 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Digital Commons University of South Florida (USF) |
op_collection_id |
ftunisfloridatam |
language |
unknown |
topic |
Cumulative risk Criminal offending School effects Finland |
spellingShingle |
Cumulative risk Criminal offending School effects Finland Solomon, Starr J. Savolainen, Jukka Mason, W. Alex Miettunen, Jouko January, Stacy-Ann A. Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta Does Educational Marginalization Mediate the Path from Childhood Cumulative Risk to Criminal Offending? |
topic_facet |
Cumulative risk Criminal offending School effects Finland |
description |
Purpose: Early 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. Methods: Data 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. Results: CCR 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. Conclusions The results highlight the adolescent educational experience as a promising target of intervention in efforts to curb criminal careers among children at risk. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Solomon, Starr J. Savolainen, Jukka Mason, W. Alex Miettunen, Jouko January, Stacy-Ann A. Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta |
author_facet |
Solomon, Starr J. Savolainen, Jukka Mason, W. Alex Miettunen, Jouko January, Stacy-Ann A. Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta |
author_sort |
Solomon, Starr J. |
title |
Does Educational Marginalization Mediate the Path from Childhood Cumulative Risk to Criminal Offending? |
title_short |
Does Educational Marginalization Mediate the Path from Childhood Cumulative Risk to Criminal Offending? |
title_full |
Does Educational Marginalization Mediate the Path from Childhood Cumulative Risk to Criminal Offending? |
title_fullStr |
Does Educational Marginalization Mediate the Path from Childhood Cumulative Risk to Criminal Offending? |
title_full_unstemmed |
Does Educational Marginalization Mediate the Path from Childhood Cumulative Risk to Criminal Offending? |
title_sort |
does educational marginalization mediate the path from childhood cumulative risk to criminal offending? |
publisher |
Digital Commons @ University of South Florida |
publishDate |
2017 |
url |
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/esf_facpub/221 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-017-0062-9 |
genre |
Northern Finland |
genre_facet |
Northern Finland |
op_source |
Educational and Psychological Studies Faculty Publications |
op_relation |
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/esf_facpub/221 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-017-0062-9 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-017-0062-9 |
container_title |
Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology |
container_volume |
3 |
container_issue |
3 |
container_start_page |
326 |
op_container_end_page |
346 |
_version_ |
1766144418137505792 |