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| Title: |
does dropping out of high school cause deviant behavior? an analysis of the national education longitudinal study |
| Author: |
Drapela, Laurie A. |
| Appeared in: |
Deviant behavior |
| Paging: | Volume 26 (2004) nr. 1 pages 47-62 |
| Year: |
2004-12-08 |
| Contents: |
After nearly 40 years of research, the relationship between dropping out of high school and law-violating behavior remains unclear: Some studies show a criminogenic effect of dropout status on crime and deviance, others show an inhibiting effect, and still others find no effect. Using three waves of a nationally representative panel sample of eighth graders, the following study attempts to explain these conflicting findings by exploring the theoretical and temporal dimensions of the dropout-drug use problem. Results show that these two variables are weakly associated with one another and that antecedents to dropout, such as school discipline problems and pre-dropout levels of drug use, have more substantive effects on post-dropout adolescent drug use than dropout status. The effects of these weak stakes in conformity on both dropping out and later drug use are consistent with a Social Control theory perspective on adolescent deviance. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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