An In-Depth Examination of School Investment and Extracurriular Activities by a Youth Offender Cohort
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2008-05-01
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Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family.
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The findings from the first year of a study called “A Profile of Youth Offenders in Calgary: An Interim Report” conducted by CRILF in 2007 and released in 2008, examined youth offending trends in Calgary for 2006, compared the criminal histories of 42 Serious Habitual Offenders (SHOs) to a matched sample of 42 non-SHOs, and closely examined the profiles of 123 youth who had various levels of contact with the youth justice system. The results generated a number of further questions regarding school investment and leisure activities. Specifically, the objectives of this study are to: (1) Elaborate on why youth who are more seriously involved with the youth justice system demonstrate less investment in school than others. (2) Elaborate on why youth who are more seriously involved in the youth justice system are less likely to participate in family and extracurricular leisure activities than youth less involved with the justice system.
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DeGusti, B., MacRae, L., & Hornick, J.P. (2008). An In-Depth Examination of School Investment and Extracurriular Activities by a Youth Offender Cohort. Calgary, AB: Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family.