Drug use and delinquency : causes of dropping out of high school? / Joseph M. Gasper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gasper, Joseph M., 1980-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

High school dropouts--Social conditions--United States.

High school dropouts.

High school dropouts--Drug use--United States.

At-risk youth--Drug use--United States.

At-risk youth.

Juvenile delinquency--United States.

Juvenile delinquency.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gasper examines whether drug use and delinquency contribute to early school leaving and whether the effects differ for poor and middle-class youth. Results suggest that drug use and delinquency add little to explanations of dropout. Rather, drug use, delinquency, and dropout are driven by a process of precocious development rooted in early school failure. Driven by a fundamental dissatisfaction with school, precocious teens are more likely to use drugs, take on a job outside of school, and leave school without a diploma in an effort to gain independence. Dropout prevention should start in midd

Contents:

Drug use, delinquency, and dropout

Causes of dropout

Distinguishing causes from symptoms

Explaining drug use, delinquency, and dropout

Toward a theory of precocious development.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593325091

1593325096

OCLC:

787842752