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Youth crime and delinquency in and out of school

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  • Boshoff, Janine
  • Machin, Stephen
  • Sandi, Matteo

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Ten years of idiosyncratic variation in school closure dates for all secondary schools in England are combined with administrative records of educational and criminal trajectories linked at the individual level to study the impact of the school schedule on the dynamics of youth crime. When school is not in session, students commit more property offences, more serious violent offences and fewer minor violent offences. Increased thefts, robberies and violent assaults drive these effects. This is novel evidence of strong multiple crime effects that arise from the protective factor of schooling and which affect not only the incidence of violence, but also its severity and its targets.

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  • Boshoff, Janine & Machin, Stephen & Sandi, Matteo, 2026. "Youth crime and delinquency in and out of school," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 138975, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    • Handle: RePEc:ehl:lserod:138975
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    • K14 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Criminal Law
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
    • H44 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Publicly Provided Goods: Mixed Markets

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