Does it Take a School? Revisiting the Labeling Effects of First Arrest on Subsequent Offending and Educational Attainment in a Tolerant Educational Background

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Abstract

The current study examined the effects of first arrest on subsequent offending and the educational attainment. Using longitudinal panel data, propensity score matching was employed to match arrested and non-arrested South Korean juveniles. Results show partial support for the labeling effect. Violent delinquency was amplified for arrested juvenile in the first two follow-up years, but not the third year. Arrest did not adversely affect educational attainment. Formal sanction experiences have a more imminent deviance amplification effect for arrestees, but this effect does not seem to persist. Also, the education system may serve as a buffer against labeling effects.

Authors

• Jihoon Kim, University of Florida

• Yeungjeom Lee, University of Florida