What Causes Juvenile Crime? A Case-Control Study

Elena Dalla Chiara () and Federico Perali
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Elena Dalla Chiara: Interdepartmental Center of Economic Documentation (CIDE), University of Verona

No 9, Working Papers from SITES

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This work analyses the causes of juvenile crime within a case-control study undertaken in the Italian regions of Veneto and Sicily. We show that family background matters. Parents’ education and family income have no effect on crime rates in the Veneto region but are significant risk factors in Sicily. Dropping out of school substantially increases the probability that an adolescent is involved in crime activities. Poor parental relations with children or living in a broken family significantly raises the odds to be in conflict with the law.

Keywords: case-control study; juvenile crime; multi-dimensional poverty; single parent (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-05
Note: SITES Working Papers 9
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