The Implications of Arrest for College Enrollment
An Analysis of Long‐term Effects and Mediating Mechanisms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9680040 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex O Widdowson (0000-0002-1501-7986, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice Florida State University, corresponding author), Sonja E Siennick (0000-0002-4555-0247, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice Florida State University), Carter Hay (0000-0002-2092-7562, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice Florida State University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 621-652 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1745-9125.12114 |
| OpenAlex | W2535928813 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 54 |
This study draws on labeling theory and education research on the steps to college enrollment to examine 1) whether and for how long arrest reduces the likelihood that high‐school graduates will enroll in postsecondary education and 2) whether any observed relationships are mediated by key steps in the college enrollment process. With 17 years of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) and propensity score matching, we derived matched samples of arrested and nonarrested but equivalent youth (N = 1,761) and conducted logistic regression and survival analyses among the matched samples to examine the short‐ and long‐term postsecondary consequences of arrest. The results revealed that arrest reduced the odds of 4‐year college enrollment directly after high school, as well as that high‐school grade point average and advanced coursework accounted for 58 percent of this relationship. The results also revealed that arrest had an enduring impact on 4‐year college attendance that extended into and beyond emerging adulthood. Two‐year college prospects were largely unaffected by arrest. These findings imply that being arrested during high school represents a negative turning point in youths’ educational trajectory that is, in part, a result of having a less competitive college application. Implications are discussed
Attendance · Coursework · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Logistic regression · Longitudinal study · Matching (statistics · Mathematics education · National Longitudinal Surveys · Odds · Postsecondary education · Propensity score matching · Sociology · Term (time · Demography · Early Childhood Education and Development · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
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Hobbling
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Anticipated unmet educational expectations following youth police contact
Mass Incarceration and Subsequent Preventive Health Care
Long-Term Exposure to Neighborhood Policing and the Racial/Ethnic Gap in High School Graduation
Racial and ethnic differences in the consequences of school suspension for arrest
Heterogeneous effects of adolescent violent victimization on problematic outcomes in early adulthood
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The accumulation of disadvantage
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The “Stickiness” of Stigma
Police contact and future orientation from adolescence to young adulthood
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Socioeconomic factors in the age-graded effect of incarceration on depressive symptoms in early adulthood
The Great Leveler? Juvenile Arrest, College Attainment, and the Future of American Inequality
Measuring delinquency
Event History Analysis
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Propensity Score Matching in Criminology and Criminal Justice
On the Path to College
Some Practical Guidance for the Implementation of Propensity Score Matching
The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects
Developmental Theories of Crime and Delinquency
A Life-Course View of the Development of Crime
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Official Labeling, Criminal Embeddedness, and Subsequent Delinquency
A Late Start
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Things are tough all over
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Effects of Information, Guidance, and Actions on Postsecondary Destinations
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| Unique citing works | 29 |
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| Citations per year | 4,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |