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Peer reviewedTygart, Clarence – Adolescence, 1988
Investigated public school vandalism with 7th through 12th grade students. Found vandalism highest in 7th grade, decreasing progressively with each increase in grade level. Predictors of vandalism included being from the lowest academic track, having committed acts of vandalism during junior high school (for high school students), coming from…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Models, Prediction, Public Schools
Peer reviewedTygart, Clarence – Urban Education, 1987
Strain theory, which is widely criticized, presumes a negative relationship between social class and delinquency. The theory is strengthened with the following variables added to the analysis: (1) grade level, (2) social status, (3) achievement, (4) absences and dropout frequency, and (5) tracking. The paradigm of collective behavior may also be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delinquency, Dropout Rate, Group Behavior
