Early childhood education and crime. Issue 1 (9th January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: García, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J.; Ziff, Anna L.
• Other Names: Golding Paul guestEditor.; Fitzgerald Hiram E. guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Infant mental health journal. Volume 40:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 141
• Page End: 151
• Publication Date: 2019-01-09
• Subjects: crime -- early childhood education -- male violence -- randomized trials -- substitution bias -- violent crimes -- delito -- violencia masculina -- delitos violentos -- educación en la temprana niñez -- experimentos al azar -- prejuicios de sustitución -- Crime -- violence mâle -- crimes violents -- éducation dans la jeune enfance -- essais randomisés -- biais de substitution -- Kriminalität -- männliche Gewalt -- Gewaltverbrechen -- frühkindliche Bildung -- randomisierte Studien -- Substitutionsverzerrung -- 犯罪 -- 男性の犯罪 -- 暴力犯罪 -- 早期幼児期教育 -- 無作為抽出試験 -- 代替バイアス -- 犯罪 -- 男性暴力 -- 暴力犯罪 -- 幼兒教育 -- 隨機試驗 -- 替代偏見 -- الجريمة ، عنف الذكور ، جرائم العنف ، التعليم في مرحله الطفولة المبكرة ، التجارب المعشاه ، تحيز البديل; Infant psychiatry -- Periodicals; Infant psychology -- Periodicals; 618.9289
• DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21759
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0163-9641

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article presents new evidence on the crime‐reducing impacts of a high‐quality, intensive early childhood program with long‐term follow‐up, evaluated by a randomized controlled trial. Proportionately, more women than men decrease their criminal activity after participating in the program. This gender difference arises because of the worse home environments for girls, with corresponding greater scope for improvement by the program. For both genders, treatment effects are larger for the least‐advantaged children, as measured by their mother's education at baseline. The dollar value of the social cost of criminal activity averted is higher for men because they commit more costly violent crimes.