Long-term follow-up of a preschool experiment

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 389-409

  Schweinhart, Lawrence J ^a  

^a High Scope Educational Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult earnings; Adult employment; Crime prevention; Experiment; High school graduation; Long term follow up; Longitudinal; Perry Preschool; Preschool; Return on investment; School achievement; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888049020     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-013-9190-3     Document Type: Article

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