Preventing Youth Violence and Dropout: A Randomized Field Experiment. NBER Working Paper No. 19014

Autor/inn/en	Heller, Sara; Pollack, Harold A.; Ander, Roseanna; Ludwig, Jens
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Preventing Youth Violence and Dropout: A Randomized Field Experiment. NBER Working Paper No. 19014
Quelle	(2013), (81 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Prevention; Violence; Dropouts; Randomized Controlled Trials; Intervention; Disadvantaged Youth; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Grade 10; Behavior Modification; Cognitive Restructuring; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Economically Disadvantaged; Minority Group Students; Crime; Neighborhoods; Public Schools; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Males; Graduation Rate; Urban Schools; Adolescents; At Risk Students; Statistical Analysis; Qualitative Research; Illinois (Chicago) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prävention; Vorbeugung; Gewalt; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Statistische Analyse; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	Improving the long-term life outcomes of disadvantaged youth remains a top policy priority in the United States, although identifying successful interventions for adolescents--particularly males--has proven challenging. This paper reports results from a large randomized controlled trial of an intervention for disadvantaged male youth grades 7-10 from high-crime Chicago neighborhoods. The intervention was delivered by two local non-profits and included regular interactions with a pro-social adult, after-school programming, and--perhaps the most novel ingredient--in-school programming designed to reduce common judgment and decision-making problems related to automatic behavior and biased beliefs, or what psychologists call cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). We randomly assigned 2,740 youth to programming or to a control group; about half those offered programming participated, with the average participant attending 13 sessions. Program participation reduced violent-crime arrests during the program year by 8.1 per 100 youth (a 44 percent reduction). It also generated sustained gains in schooling outcomes equal to 0.14 standard deviations during the program year and 0.19 standard deviations during the follow-up year, which we estimate could lead to higher graduation rates of 3-10 percentage points (7-22 percent). Depending on how one monetizes the social costs of crime, the benefit-cost ratio may be as high as 30:1 from reductions in criminal activity alone. [A full list of sponsors of this project can be found on NBER's web site: http://www.nber.org/papers/w19014.ack.] (As Provided).
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