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

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Gasper, Joseph M, 1980-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Publication details: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 205 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781593325091
1593325096
159332491X
9781593324919

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Drug use and delinquency.DDC classification:

373.12/9130973 23

LOC classification:

LC146.6 .G37 2012eb

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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.

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 middle or elementary school and attempt to interrupt the developmental cycle of failure and problem behavior that culminates in dropout."--Publisher's description.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Drug use, delinquency, and dropout -- Causes of dropout -- Distinguishing causes from symptoms -- Explaining drug use, delinquency, and dropout -- Toward a theory of precocious development.

"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 middle or elementary school and attempt to interrupt the developmental cycle of failure and problem behavior that culminates in dropout."--Publisher's description.

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