title: The Effects of Employment on Recidivism Among Delinquent Juveniles
abstract: Current research indicates an association between intense adolescent work (twenty hours or more per week) and delinquent behavior. It has been widely speculated that this relationship is spurious, occurring only as a result of other factors which are common to both offending and intense employment. The current study attempts to fill a gap in the literature by utilizing the Pathways to Desistance dataset to examine the evolution of the relationship between work and self-reported offending in a lo
journal: Digital Commons - East Tennessee State University (East Tennessee State University)