Preschool education, educational attainment, and crime prevention: Contributions of cognitive and non-cognitive skills

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1054-1063

  Reynolds, Arthur J ^a   Temple, Judy A ^a   Ou, Suh Ruu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Longitudinal effects; Preschool; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954145517     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

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