Neighborhood Crime and School Climate as Predictors of Elementary School Academic Quality: A Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 128-140

  McCoy, Dana Charles ^a,b   Roy, Amanda L ^a   Sirkman, Gabriel M ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Neighborhoods; School climate; Social disorganization

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICS; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANOMIE; CRIME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84881029151     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-013-9583-5     Document Type: Article

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