TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lochner, Lance
TI  - Education Policy and Crime
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 15894
PY  - 2010
Y2  - April 2010
DO  - 10.3386/w15894
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w15894
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w15894.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Lance Lochner
Department of Economics
Faculty of Social Science
Western University
1151 Richmond Street, North
London, ON  N6A 5C2
CANADA
Tel: 519/661-2111 ext. 85281
Fax: 519/661-3666
E-Mail: llochner@uwo.ca
M1  - published as Lance Lochner. "Education Policy and Crime," in Philip Cook, Jens Ludwig, Justin McCrary, editors, "Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs" University of Chicago Press (2011)

M3  - presented at "Economical Crime Control Conference", January 15-16, 2010
AB  - This paper discusses the relationship between education and crime from an economic perspective, developing a human capital-based model that sheds light on key ways in which early childhood programs and policies that encourage schooling may affect both juvenile and adult crime.  The paper first discusses evidence on the effects of educational attainment, school quality, and school enrollment on crime.  Next, the paper discusses evidence on the crime reduction effects of preschool programs like Perry Preschool and Head Start, school-age programs that emphasize social and emotional development, and job training programs for low-skill adolescents and young adults.  Finally, the paper concludes with a broad discussion of education policy and its potential role as a crime-fighting strategy.
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