Schools and the Problem of Crime

What causes young people to offend? What influence do schools have on young peoples' offending behaviour in relation to other possible causal factors? These critical criminological and educational questions are addressed in Schools and the Problem of Crime.

Stephen Boxford

Contents Introduction 1 The Cardiff school study 2 The Cardiff school study: research design and methods 3 Offending in schools: key issues 4 Offending in CardiffâEUR(TM)s schools: individual and between-school differences 5 Neighbourhood context 6 Family social position 7 The school context 8 Individual characteristics 9 Lifestyle 10 Between-school differences 11 Key findings and implications References Index